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had right from the very beginning shut everything down it may have been a little bit different. there was at will of pushback about shutting things down back then. the president also has a easter message for everyone via twitter. in the meantime, he said he'll make a decision fairly soon on when to reopen the country, are you hearing anything more specific from the white house? >> reporter: happy, easter, fred. when it comes the details about reopen the government or this decision, president trump hasn't given a specific date, we know that there has been behind the scenes conversations with administration officials talking about may 1st, now president trump said he's going to convene an opening our country council this week, to talk about this. there are two things to note here when we're talk about president trump's decision, it's not president trump's decision to make. president trump himself didn't

issue any sort of national stay at home order. in fact, he said that was the job of the governors. therefore, there's no national opening to be had here, nothing for president trump to do. that being said, some of these republican governors will likely be influenced if president trump gets out there and starts the rattling the saber to reopen the economy. however, not president trump's decision to make. the other point to look at here, what exactly would this look like? is there a scenario in which we pick a day and the spire economy reopens, now medical experts say, it's not going to look like that. take a listen to dr. fauci. >> it's not going to be a light switch that we say, okay, it's now june, july, or whatever, click the light switch goes back on. it's going to be depending where you are in the country the nature of the outbreak that you already experienced and the

threat of an outbreak that you may not have experienced. so it's having to look at the situation in different parts of the country. i think it's going on be something that's not one size fits all. >> now, fauci said he talked to a lot of governors throughout the week, he thinks they're going to do what's best for their state. governors today, saying they'll do what's best for them. they think this is their decision, looking at the models, talking to their health experts, fred. >> okay, kristen holmes, thank you. on to new york now, governor cuomo spoke this morning saying new hospitalizations are down and the curve is flattening, but the death rate is still terribly high. >> let's start with the good news because we deserve some good news, lord knows, change in total number of hospitalizations is down again.

this is the number that we have been watching, the great fear for us was always overwhelming the hospital system the capacity of the hospital system. you're not seeing a great decline in the numbers. but you're seeing a flattening. and you're also seeing a recurrence of the terrible news, which is the number of lives lost, which is 758. >> cnn's jason carroll joins us e right now, governor is working on a reopening plan when the time is right. one of the keys needed to unlocking the state is more testing. so what else did governor cuomo have to say about when new york might decide to reopen? >> reporter: look, he knows that's the key question on the minds of so many people here in the state when things can reopen here. if you look at numbers he wanted to point out that the numbers

appear to show that the social distancing is working, the closures, that's working as well. he's also said in the past fredricka that he doesn't want new york state to make the same mistakes that other places have made when they try to reopen too soon. lot of things have to happen in terms of coordination, local level, state level and businesses. again, he says before anything can happen, the key is going to be testing as many people as soon as possible. >> we want to reopen as soon as possible. the caveat is, we need to be smart in the way we reopen. what does smart mean? it means a coordinated approach, a regional approach and a safe approach. nobody wants to pick between a public health strategy and an economic strategy. and as governor of this state i'm not going pick one over the other.

we're going to need testing, more testing, faster testing than we now have. when you start to move people back to work, and we're going to need federal help. there's no doubt about that. >> and new york's governor and new york's mayor who have disagreed on a key issue about school closures, do agree on that one point that the governor just mentioned and that has to do with federal help in terms of getting the testing that the state needs, they say that the federal government hasn't given them what they need so far, there will be a real push. >> all right, jason carroll, thank you so much. an assistant professor at george washington hospital, cnn medical analyst. good to see you. >> what are your thoughts on governor cuomo saying, you know, more testing is needed. testing as many people as possible.

the newest message from the president, not everyone can be tested. >> well, i think that governor cuomo is right, it's great to see what's probably happening in new york right now which is where if you look at the data, which is critical, we see sort of a plateau in that curve which is most -- most especially secondary to social distancing that people should be proud of. the death rate does continue to go up as you see a sort to seven-day, to ten-day lag. the curve behind the curve. where new cases will start to plateau, but the really sick folks and those who pass away from this will lag that by seven to ten days or even more. testing is going to be critical as we go forward. >> do you feel like there's reason to be encouraged right now. >> i do. i do. but i don't want to be too optimistic too early. i think that americans should be extremely proud of themselves.

the governors who have been aggressive about this should be extremely proud of what they've done in shutting down large-scale mass gatherings, because that social distancing really matters. now that doesn't apply to the whole country. i'm in washington, d.c., we're starting to see an uptick in our cases but it's favorable to see what's happening in new york that they seem to be plateauing. >> dr. fauci admitted on cnn today, some lives would have been saved if mitigation efforts to control coronavirus early, do you think states and federal were slow to react to this. >> time will tell. factors go into making big decisions like that. the w.h.o. was certainly behind on calling this is a public

health emergency of an international concern. they were also behind on labeling this pandemic. i was -- i was quick to use that term and even cnn was quick to use the term pandemic prior to the w.h.o. so i think had those terms been used more widespread, perhaps some decisions would have been made earlier. again, we're seeing information that those at the highest level of the government were getting advice but chose not to take it. it's sort of that difficulty in separating politics and medicine. all we can do as physicians and scientists is try to make our voice heard as best as we. >> you're there in washington, d.c., many leaders in washington, d.c. are making a dire forecast that the numbers may increase in nation's capital, and it could be in june, how are you bracing for that. >> there was a model that our peak was supposed to be last

week and those that say many june. for us we have been preparing for this decades and more importantly the last few years since ebola, where we brought the idea of pandemic to the forefront. here in the nation's capital, my hospital is six blocks from the white house. we take disaster preparation extremely serious. we're seeing an uptick in number of new cases and the number of deaths here and that sort of baltimore to washington, d.c. corridor. yesterday i saw an increased number of patients. when i go in there, i expect to see more patients today. >> dr. david navarro, the world health organization's envoy had an ominous warning earlier today. take a listen. >> we're not sure that it will come in waves in the way that

influenza does. we think that it's a virus that stalks the human race for quite a long time to come until we can all have a vaccine that protects us and there will be small outbreaks that will emerge sporadically and they'll break through our defenses, so the key for this particular virus, every community has a defensive shield that can pick up cases as soon as they occur and isolate them and stop outbreaks. >> he's underscoring that this is not believed to be a seasonal virus which leads to a disease, how concerned are you that until there's a vaccine available that really may not be a return to normal any time soon? >> i think he's right that this virus isn't going to be seasonal to start. we have decades of epidemology that have been looking at different viruses and how they behave.

some display seasonality. we have seen everything from smallpox, to the influenza virus, they're all seasonal. but what that requires is a few things -- it requires to a degree heard immunity, that a significant, if not majority of the population has to be immuned to the virus, either through immunization having contracted that and con vas lent. we're nowhere through that. we're seeing the spread through warm and tropical area. the absolute humidity, typically a very important factor in viral spread doesn't seem to be very important in this particular virus right now. >> how hopeful are you about this coronavirus antibody testing? >> that's a good one, right, so what i hope is that this igm and

igg test which is, you know, scientific terminology for the type of antibodies it detects in your blood, we hope they are accurate and more importantly the presence of those antibodies in your blood actually means you're immune to the virus. that's important. we know that you can't be reinfected. we're still waiting on that data to show us that. if that proves to be the case, we can use that testing to screen members of the population before they return to work and hopefully that means they'll remain immune that's important for not only bidses but also schools if we hope to return some time in the fall. what's important to know, the fda is still working on actually approving these tests and there's a lot of counterfeit tests out there. i have 25,000 tests i'm going to purchase from china, we know at of those are counterfeit, i

caution people about that testing. i hope they can quickly find a test that's accurate and that it can be used because it proves immunity. >> many reasons to remain hopeful this easter sunday. dr. james phillips, thank you. >> thank you. still ahead -- british prime minister is out of the hospital today and has a message for his caregivers and the uk. >> it's hard to find words to express my debt. but before i come to that i want to thank everyone in the entire uk for the effort and the sacrifice you have made and are making. people used to care. heck, they'd come all the way out here just for a blurry photo of me. oh, that's a good one. wait, what's that? that's just the low-battery warning. oh, alright. now it's all, "check out my rv," and, "let's go four-wheeling." maybe there's a little part of me that wanted to be seen.

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uk prime minister boris johnson is now out of the hospital just days after being released from intensive care. he contracted the coronavirus and was admitted to the hospital when his symptoms worsened. for the first time the world heard from the prime minister. >> good afternoon. today i left the hospital after a week in which the nhs has saved my life, no question. it's hard to find words to express my debt. but before i come to that, i want to thank everyone in the entire uk for the effort and the sacrifice you have made and are

making. when the sun is out and the kids are at home, when the whole natural world seems at its loveliest and the outdoors is so inviting i can only imagine how tough it has been to follow the rules on social distancing. i thank you because so many, millions of people across this country have been doing the right thing. millions going through the hardship of self-isolation, faithfully, patiently and with thought and care for others as well as for themselves. i want you to know that this easter sunday i do believe your efforts are worth it and are daily proving their worth because although we mourn every day those who are taken from us in such numbers, the struggle is by no means over, we are now making focus in this incredible

national battle against coronavirus. a fight we never picked against an enemy we still don't spirely understand. we're making progress in this national battle, because the british public formed a human shield around this country's greatest national asset -- our national health service. we understood and we decided that if together we could keep our nhs safe, if we could stop nhs from being overwhelmed we could not beaten and this country could rise together and overcome this challenge as we have overcome so many challenges in the past. in the last seven days, i have of course seen the pressure that the nhs is under, the personal counsel not only of the doctors, the nurses but of everyone -- the cleaners, the cooks, the

healthcare workers of description who kept coming to work, kept putting themselves in harm's way. kept risking this deadly virus. it's thanks to that courage, that devotion, that duty and that love that our nhs has been unbeatable. i want to pay my own thanks to the brilliant doctors, leaders in their fields, men and women, for some reason called nick, who took some crucial decisions a few days ago for which i will be grateful for the rest of my life. i want to thank the many nurses, men and women, whose care has been so astonishing. i want to thank po ling, shannon and emily and angel and connie and becky and rachael and nicky

and ann. i hope they won't mind in particular two nurses who stood by my bedside for 48 hours when things could have gone either way, jenny from new zealand and luis from portugal, near porto. in the end, my body did start to get enough oxygen was because for every second of the night they were watching and they were thinking and they were caring and making the interventions i needed. so that's how i also know that across this country, 24 hours a day, for every second of every hour, there are hundreds of thousands of nhs staff who are acting with the same care and thought and precision as jenny

and luis. that's why we'll defeat this coronavirus and defeat it together. we'll win. because our nhs is the beating heart of this country. it's the best of this country. it's unconquerable. it's powered by love. so, thank you from me. from all of us, to the nhs, let's remember to follow the rules on social distancing, stay at home. protect our nhs. and save lives. thank you and happy easter. >> all right that message from the uk prime minister boris johnson now out of hospital. we're in london. bianca, that seems pretty stunning admission from the prime minister it could have gone either way for him.

>> reporter: it's startling to hear that, fred, the prime minister the leader of the uk, that it was touch and go for him last week. his fiancee pregnant with their child said on twitter today it had been very dark days understandably for her and she felt that she could never repay the debt to the national health service. what we heard from the prime minister in that video was moving. it's a powerful tribute to those who work in the health care service. he named them. appropriate in these circumstances. but fred, what i really want to draw viewers' attention to, how important it is that actions follow up those words. that's something that i have been hearing from the health service and those on the front lines, obviously it's wonderful to hear the prime minister name those members of the health service, come from all around the world who nursed him back to

health. there's still problem with ppe across the country. uneven distribution. certain aspects of the kit that don't have. this message comes on the day that britain has hit the milestone as the health secretary called it, over 10,000 coronavirus-related deaths in the country. in the last 24 hours. that's just hospital deaths. not those who have died in care homes, in prisons. it's so important while we have this sensational and important story about the prime minister's health never, ever to lose sight of what's happening in the country at large. >> so with that said, are the expectations high that given his personal experience that some of those things might be addressed? >> reporter: that's the hope. that was the question that was being put on the health

secretary in the conference today. he was being asked questions about the personal protective equipment that's still not coming into the hands of those who need it. the prime minister has clearly expressed his gratitude for the health service and i'm sure we'll have an even more renewed dedication for providing it for them. but that's where the focus needs to be now and in the coming weeks. he'll be recovering at the prime minister's estate. he won't be leading in the same way as he was a couple of weeks ago, we don't know how long he'll be there. dominic raab is still leading the country, departmentizing for the country. >> looking for the follow-up. all right bianca thank you so much in london. still ahead -- the kansas supreme court sides with the governor restricting religious

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with more than 1200 coronavirus cases overnight the kansas state supreme court ruled in favor of the governor to temporarily ban maz gatherings but that doesn't seem to be stopping at least one church that's remaining open on this easter sunday despite the court's ruling. cnn's gary tuchman joins us now. >> reporter: fredricka, an

interesting story behind it. it's a very stormy and rainy easter here in kansas and many people have been calling this the war over easter. that's been the quote from lot of people that's because democratic governor of this state signed a law that said that people could not go to church if there were more than ten people inside the church. then it was overturned by a state committee of legislators, five republicans and two democrats, voted on party line, but then last night the kansas supreme court ruled in favor of governor. so as we speak it's against the law to have more than ten people in a church on easter sunday. the reason the governor said she signed that three clusters of coronavirus cases came from religious gatherings. here at this church, outside of kansas city, just to the west of it, there were 25 cars in the parking lot an hour and a half ago. in those 25 cars, we counted

about 40 people who went inside. the pastor told us there were 55 people inside. we weren't allowed inside. what the pastor is telling us is this, he said they practiced social distancing inside, people weren't sitting near each other, why is he willing to break the law to have more than ten people inside. he said, it's a know value situation and there's a loophole possibly in this law that was signed by the governor and that loophole is this, you're allowed to have people who work for the church, members of the choir and musical performers that don't count as part of the ten, everyone inside the church is a musical performer because they all sang and they put a video on youtube after the church service. it's a very novel explanation. would a judge agree with that? i have no idea, fred. there were about 55 people inside this church. >> all right, fascinating. gary tuchman in kansas city, appreciate it. all right, and in the rest

of the country x people are finding ways to celebrate easter while facing unprecedented social restrictions. cnn's natasha chen is following that story. >> reporter: fred, thank goodness for technology, right, we have already seen people gathering online this week for virtual seders and give mass live-stream for weeks. easter mass, today, was given in an empty st. patrick's cathedral in new york, cardinal timothy dolan giving his sermon online. they had people individually submit their singing to create an online choir, and at one point they had 448 singers put together, really powerful moment, in detroit the archbishop described this experience of figuring out technology in live-streaming as

one of the strangest experiences. >> right at the top. because it's about trying to help people respond and it's about thinking everything from the bottom up. you're sort of reinventing it as you go along. of course, many states have limited gatherings to ten people or fewer. and some states are exempting churches. in arkansas, the governor said he'll not cite or arrest faith leaders for holding in-person gathering today but hope that churches will work with authorities that everyone is social distancing. on the other end of the spectrum, kentucky has troopers marking down driver's license turning over to the health department and ask those people to self-quarantine for 14 days. kentucky governor said people who disagree with him don't have

to read out the death count every day. we're noticing many people today are praying for hospital workers, first responders, people on the front lines who are going to work at risk themselves in order to help others. >> so many people counting their blessings on this easter sunday. it's nice to see the many ways people are connecting even if there are blocks or miles between them. still ahead -- dr. anthony fauci on why reopening the country won't happen quickly. his one-on-one interview with jake tapper is next. >> it's not going to be a light switch that we say, okay, it's now june, july, click, the light switch goes back on. allergies with nasal congestion make it feel impossible to breathe. get relief behind the counter with claritin-d. claritin-d improves nasal airflow 2x more than the leading allergy spray at hour 1.

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distancing guidelines were implemented sooner but the key member of the white house coronavirus task force said early mitigation efforts were largely opposed. listen to what dr. fauci told cnn's jake tapper on the state of the union this morning. >> if you take a look at where we are right now in the u.s., the u.s. now has 50 times more cases, and almost 100 times more fatalities than south korea. meanwhile, while the u.s. makes up only about 4.25% of the world's population, the u.s. has 30% of the world's reported coronavirus cases and almost 20% of the reported coronavirus deaths. sanjay gupta said this is all because we got started too late in the u.s., is that right, do you agree? >> you know, it isn't as simple as that, jake, i'm sorry. i mean, to just say this is all happening because we got started too late. obviously, could you have done

something earlier would it have had an impact? obviously. where we are right now is a result of many factors. the size of the country, the homogeneity of the country, it's unfair to compare us with south korea who had the capability of shutting off an outbreak completely in a way we may not have been able to do in this country. so obviously, it would have been nice if we had a better head start. but i don't think you can say that we are where we are right now because of one factor. it's very complicated, jake. >> "the new york times" reported yesterday that you and other top officials wanted to recommend social and physical distancing guidelines to president trump as far back as the third week of february, but the administration didn't announce such guidelines to the american public until march 16th, almost a month later. why? >> you know, jake, as i've said many times, we look at it from a pure health standpoint. we make a recommendation. often the recommendation is

taken. sometimes it's not. but it is what it is. we are where we are right now. >> do you think lives could have been saved if social distancing, physical distancing, stay-at-home measures, had started the third week of february instead of mid-march? >> you know, jake, again, it's the what would have, what could have. it's very difficult to go back and say that. i mean, obviously you could logically say that if you had a process that was ongoing and you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives. obviously no one is going to deny that. but what goes into those kinds of decisions is complicated. but you're 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. >> do you think it will be safe in november for voters to physically go to vote at the polls? >> i hope so, jake.

i can't guarantee it. however, and i don't want to be the pessimistic person, there is always the possibility, as we get into next fall and the beginning of early winter, that we could see a rebound. and hopefully, hopefully, what we've gone through now, and the capability that we have, for much, much better testing capability, much, much better surveillance capability, and the ability to respond with countermeasures, with drugs that work, that it will be an entirely different ball game. so number one, i hope we don't have a rebound that would make this very difficult as we get into november. but if we do, and there certainly is a possibility, i'm a realist, it certainly is a possibility, hopefully we'll be able to respond to that rebound in a much more effective way than what we see now in january, february, march. >> dr. anthony fauci. all right still ahead --

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president trump got a special shout-out this morning after he says he planned to watch a controversial pastor's online easter service. >> today i'd like to say welcome to a very special visitor. a great friend of mine, our great president donald trump. mr. trump we're so honored you would choose to worship with us today and i know there are millions and millions of christians all over this country not only grateful for you, but they are praying for you regularly for that continued wisdom that comes from god as

you navigate us through this crisis we're in. we are going to get through this. we will make it to the other side, but we want you to know we're praying for you. >> pastor robert jeffress is a strong supporter of the president but has a long history of saying controversial things about other religions. cnn white house reporter sarah westwood joins me now. what's behind this? >> reporter: fred, pastor je jeffress is not just one president trump tuned in to since the coronavirus but he accompanied the president on the campaign trail and sits on his advisory board but jeffress says inflammatory things. gone after catholics, gay people in the past. described mormonism as a cult and gone after beliefs of former

gop now senator mitt romney that caused romney back in 2019 to describe jeffress as a religious bigot when asked to pray at the opening at the u.s. embassy in jerusalem and he's gone after gays saying gay people lead miserable and filthy lifestyles. today, in his sermon today, jeffress gave another shout-out to president trump saying he supports president trump because of all the things trump has done for the evangelical community. that's how a lot of evangelicals described and defend support of a president who faced accusations of things like infidelity, what he has done for christians and the evangelical community has gone beyond what others have done in the past, in their eyes. >> appreciate that. straight ahead, living you through the horrors of coronavirus. next, the lessons learned by those who have recovered from the virus.

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funeral. >> barely eat. you can barely walk. you can't breathe. it hurts so bad. >> reporter: with tens of thousands of americans being diagnosed with coronavirus daily, and hundreds each day dieing, there's also a growing number of people recovering from covid-19, and what they're going through can serve as a guide to millions. how do you know when you're coming out of it? >> the most important things to look for better, improvements in breathing. >> reporter: dr. michael mena from harvard says if you're coming out of the virus your dry coughs might start to lift, fevers might come down but warns you might also have false signals of recovery. don't be fooled by one good day. >> to really be sure that you're really kicking this virus and putting it behind you, it's usually, it takes multiple days. three, four, five days of continuously feeling better and better and improving your energy, improving your breathing. >> reporter: then there's what

one recovering patient calls the rip van winkle effect. this man spent 17 days in the hospital, on a ventilator 6 days without knowing it. >> when i came back from off the ventilator, i kind of just went back to what i was talking and thinking about right before i went on the ventilator even though it was a week ago. i asked my husband to bring books to the hospital. i asked, did you bring those books? it didn't dawn on me yet. >> reporter: experts say amnesia or delirium in recovering coronavirus patients usually goes away, but caregivers have to watch out for long-term effects in those who have had acute cases of the virus. >> inflammatory response to the body can sometimes do sometimes permanent damage to people. whether that's damage to your lungs in the virus and the immune many system response to the virus or brain tissue, all sorts of things can go wrong when in intensive care unit. >> reporter: patients is come out the other side stronger with

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