hello and welcome to our viewers here, in the united states, and all around the world. i'm michael holmes. thanks for your company. well, right now, millions of americans are taking part in an experiment of sorts. willingly, or not. they live in a handful of states relaxing rules designed to keep people safe in order to thaw their frozen economies. now, remember, the u.s. has both the most reported coronavirus infections and deaths in the world. the state of georgia's easing of restrictions has been the most aggressive and the most controversial. the governor let businesses like tattoo parlors, salons, gyms,

and bowling alleys reopen on friday. monday, restaurants will be able to see customers, with some restrictions. our health experts, even president donald trump and his administration, warned it is too soon. and savannah's mayor said there isn't enough testing to safely reopen. dr. anthony fauci, from the white house coronavirus task force, says that needs to change quickly. >> we don't want to get fixated. right now, you know, we're doing about 1.5-2 million per week. we probably should get up to twice that as we get into the next several weeks, and i think we will. testing is an important part of what we're doing, but it's not the only part. >> a different member of the task force could be fired, meanwhile, in part, because of how he has handled the crisis. cnn, learning the talks are underway to replace health and human services secretary alex azar. the white house would not confirm the report.

we will have more on that, coming up shortly. now, the number of virus-related deaths in the u.s. is approaching 54,000, according to johns hopkins university, with more than 939,000 confirmed cases. still, some governors say the tough measures are paying off in their states. cnn's karen explains. >> new jersey governor phil murphy says his state's curve is flattening but they cannot let up. >> we need to see more progress and more slowing before we can begin implementing any effort to get ourselves on the road to the new normal. >> the state's death toll, second only to neighboring new york added 250 people, topping 5,800 on saturday. as a handful of states, like georgia, reopen businesses this weekend, others are at crucial points in their fights, like massachusetts. >> we are in what we've referred to as the surge here in massachusetts. >> the state of illinois says at least 2,600 of their healthcare workers have tested positive for

coronavirus, so far. kentucky governor andy beshear will allow a gradual reopening in the healthcare sector monday. things like dentists, physical therapy, and lab services. as for the rest. >> if we don't do this right and we have a second spike, we end up with more economic damage. >> new york's current restrictions run until may 15th. governor andrew cuomo acknowledges the seven weeks of lim limitations so far have been difficult, but said they are worth it. >> maybe the life you saved is not your own. okay. you still saved a life and that's not a bad way to spend one day, or 56 days. >> the white house coronavirus task force, meanwhile, met on saturday but did not hold a public briefing. in washington, i'm karen kafa. >> dr. emily porter is an emergency physician. she joins me now from austin, texas. always a pleasure, doctor. thanks for being with us. i mean, we -- we knew there was no certainty of immunity with coronavirus.

but i think a lot of people were hopeful. and, now, we've got the w.h.o. warning, again, that having had the virus, well, you cannot rely on immunity from catching it again. how concerning is that, if it does turn out there is no immunity? >> that's superconcerning because that, by definition, means that vaccines might not even help. if you have no immunity from catching it and recovering, then how do you know a vaccine is going to prevent immunity? and that's kind of what we've all been hoping for. if we don't have a treatment, then let's get a vaccine that way or at least herd immunity, if enough people in the community got something and recovered, then that herd immunity, either by catching it or by vaccination, you'd think would be okay. unless the virus mutated, for example, or there were a new strain. but if we don't know, we're in big trouble. >> yeah, exactly. a lot of people concerned about that. i mean, there's been a lot of talk to that point of places starting to reopen. and -- and even issuing

so-called immunity passports. prove you've got antibodies and you're good to go. you know, how risky is that sort of approach? if, indeed, there is no immunity. and how risky is what we are seeing in places like georgia, anyway, when it comes to fears of a second wave? >> i think it's very risky because, unless you know that you have enough antibodies that you will not get reinfected, the idea that you would get an antibody test and it comes up positive. it might make people let their guard down and say, well, i've already had it so i can't get it again. i don't need to wear a mask. i don't need to practice social distancing. i can go hang out with grandma, who's 95. i can, you know, go be around. and then how many more people could they pass it onto if they did get reinfected? so that's why the w.h.o. actually said they think immunity passports are a bad idea, and they are recommending against them. because there is no proof right now and not enough data to show that anybody has immunity.

so that's going to spill over into any of the states that are opening back up. my husband and i talked about this tonight. what would i feel comfortable with? like, if i had an antibody test that said there was a 90% chance that i wouldn't get reinfected, would that be enough for me to go back to vegas? or go on vacation? i don't know because, even then, i could -- even if i didn't get sick, that doesn't mean i couldn't pick it up on my hands and give it to somebody else, even if i didn't get sick in the process and be a vector. >> good point. i wanted to ask you about the role of testing as well. it's still so important in this conversation. i mean, widespread testing that gives a picture of spread, of hotspots, tracing, and so on. dr. fauci's saying it needs to, at least, double. the rate, that is. it does seem crazy that testing has been such a failure during this epidemic. >> yeah. i think testing varies state to state. for example, in texas, we're 48th out of 50th in terms of per capita testing. so it really varies. i think new york and new jersey

and connecticut, places that have been hit really hard, they've gotten a lot of resources. so, you know, they have a lot more testing. that's helpful. but you need to to where anybody can go to any urgent care and get a test, just like you can with the flu. but maybe more important than testing of presence of disease or antibody testing is, actually, besides a vaccine, is actually to just keep social distancing and keep practicing what we're doing. and pretend like everyone has it and you're sick all the time. mask up. that, we know, handwashing, those things, we know. we have rapid-flu testing but if you find out you have the flu, how many people really stay home and quarantine for 14 days? whereas, if you feel sick, you really need to stay home for 14 days if it turns out you might have coronavirus. that's -- contact tracing seems to be more important than testing, at this point, maybe. >> right. we're almost out of time. i did want to ask you. there is so many worrying things about this coronavirus.

issues coming out. and one has been strokes. "the washington post" and others reporting a worrying number of cases of young, previously healthy people, getting strokes, testing positive for covid-19 even though they had no symptoms. i mean, what is the fear here? it sounds like a clotting issue. what do you make of that? >> it sounds like it's inflammation is what we're thinking that it's causing strokes. widespread, systemic inflammation, rather than just a local inflammation in the vessel wall. what's interesting about these strokes is that they're happening in really young people, and they're happening in large and small arteries, as well as veins. generally, strokes are in pretty major arteries of the brain. the really scary thing is if you have a clotting disorder caused by inflammation and you get clots in your heart, that's a heart attack. you get clot in your lung, that's a blood clot in your lung. you die of a pulmonary embolism. it's possible older people were having strokes but dying of lung

disease or heart disease, first. and these younger people are dying of the stroke because they have good enough hearts and lungs that they're being spared from those problems. but a stroke is what's actually killing them or leaving them unable to talk or walk. >> still, a lot to learn. dr. emily porter, always a pleasure. thank you. >> thank you so much, michael. >> we want to update you now on a story we told you about yesterday. researchers who studied coronavirus patients in the new york city area, who were put on ventilators, say they're updating their figures. and it's a major difference. the report, earlier this month, this is in "the journal of the american medical association" no less. indicated that 88% of those patients, on ventilators, died. now, with more complete data on patients, more patients, the state's largest healthcare network has lowered that figure significantly. saying about 25% died.

it seems meat-processing plants in the u.s. are being hit especially hard during the pandemic. several plants across the country have become ground zero for infection in rural communities. and with many of them shutting down, workers tell gary tuchman they're beginning to worry about their health and their future. >> cars roll into the parking lot of the tyson pork production plant in waterloo, iowa. hundreds of them. the plant itself has been shut down, but the employees are now waiting in a long line to take company-provided tests for covid-19. the plant only shut this week. after positive covid tests of employees had reached the 182 mark. earnest works at the plant. >> i'm scared. >> scared because he says someone he worked next to for hours has tested positive. he went ahead and got a test on his own. >> i haven't got my results back yet. >> lanniker is a husband, the father of a baby. and people in the community and

local politicians who called for this plant to close much earlier, when word of the first infections came to light. he says he called the tyson hr department last week. >> and you said what? >> i was concerned about the coronavirus being in the plant. and i -- i was scared for me and my family. >> and what did hr say to you? >> they told me i was -- i was -- i was -- i was safe. and they told me that everything was okay. and they told me i have a better chance of catching the coronavirus going out to walmart than in tyson. coming to work, you safe. >> and did you believe them? >> i wanted to believe them and, then, i needed that money at that same time so i went wito work. >> this employee doesn't want to reveal his identity, fearing retribution by the company. he waited hours in this line to get tested. he say he also got tested on his own last weekend and was negative but felt if he didn't

do it again at the plant, he might not be able to come back to work. but he's angry with how the company daeltd with one of his co-workers. >> she was sick. asked to go home. was told she couldn't go home because she didn't have a fever at the time. couple days later, she ended up testing positive for the virus. >> the company tells me it can't address the specific situation, as described. tyson is paying employees while the plant is closed, however, many workers remain angry at the company. but the president of tyson foods did not seem contrite during an interview on cnn. in which he said the company is fully committed to employee safety. >> and we're part of that community. and from everything we've seen, the -- the spread of the disease in the community is -- is affecting us in the plant. >> but the much more common sentiment here is the opposite is true. that the spread of the disease in the plant has affected the community. earnest latiker feels that way. but -- >> will you go back to work once they say it's safe to reopen?

>> yeah. i got to feed my family. so, yeah, i go back to work. >> after we met him, earnest latiker found out he tested negative. a feeling of relief amid the continuing tension. gary tuchman, cnn, waterloo, iowa. >> going to take a short break. when we come back, spain's children get to enjoy outdoor playtime for the first time in six weeks. we will take you to madrid, as spain eases some lockdowns. also, the british prime minister about to get back to work after recovering from coronavirus. has absence has left a void at the top of one of the hardest-hit countries on earth. we'll have that and more after the break. us lives here. where we can find common ground... big enough to dance on. for a better us, donate to your local y today.

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how spaniards and health experts feel about it. >> hi, michael. the kids will be able to go out once a day, for one hour, within one kilometer of their house or about a half a mile, with one adult who lives with them. now, this hasn't happened, as you just said, for the entire six weeks of this lockdown order. now, parks like the ratiro park here in madrid, and parks across the country and playgrounds for kids, those will remain closed but this is a big deal. the government's been under a lot of pressure from families and politicians to make this happen, to let them get out of a lot of these spanish apartments that are so small. the health experts did not want this to happen until the numbers stabilized and they have. the numbers in the coronavirus pandemic here in spain. they have. the number of deaths is going down now in the 300 range per day. that's a tragedy for each of those families but it had been in the 400 and 500 range. and just for the last couple days, there have been more people who have recovered than new cases listed. so prime minister went on

television saturday night telling the nation that if this goes well with the kids, by next saturday, all spaniards may be able to go out for an hour to do sports or just take a walk with the family. this is part of the deescalation phase, as he put it. and here is where he said the nation is right now. here's what he said to the people. >> this first victory against the virus is a partial, modest victory but it is the victory of the whole of spanish society and teaches us, above all, the path that we have to travel in the coming weeks. it is a victory of all of us and, for that, on behalf of the government, i thank you. >> it's going to be a gradual deescalation, he says. and some of spain's regions that have been less hard hit may get out earlier than others, he says, it's going to be a step-by-step approach. and if there's a falling back, if more cases show up, quickly, they will have to lock things down again. michael. >> all right. al, appreciate your reporting there in madrid for us. al goodman. the british prime minister

boris johnson is set to be back at work monday now that he has recovered from covid-19. that's what a downing street spokesperson tells cnn. dominic robb will step aside in order for mr. johnson to make a full return to the job. lisa suarez joining me now from london. boris back to work. what's he been saying and what's going to be in his inbox? >> good morning to you, michael. i think he'll have his work cut out, that's for sure. boris johnson coming back to work, we are being told, on monday. we're being told also michael he is raring to go. this was just two weeks after he was released from st. thomas hospital with covid-19. he will have to face, first and foremost, the tensions within his own party. within the conservative party. some conservative donors calling for the lockdown measures to be eased because of the toll they fear that could be taking on the uk economy. others looking at the numbers and saying it is too soon to be

easing the restrictions. of course, the prime minister's own brush with death, of course, may influence that decision when he makes it. a colossal decision, may i add, when he makes it in about a night or so. but he has the numbers and the science behind it, michael. and if we look at what we have seen in the last few hours, the 24-hour period, we saw 813 deaths. but, really, the devastating and the grim milestone that we are talking about here in the uk is that the uk has now passed 20,000 deaths. and of course, behind every single number here we're reporting is a name, is a loss, is a family that will never be the same. and we heard, on friday, from the government, basically saying that those numbers and the numbers they're hearing in terms of the rate of infection basically proves that we're not there yet. asking people to really stay the course. the uk is not out of the woods yet, according to the home secretary. michael. >> so important to make that point that you made about every

number there is not just a number. it's a family. i wanted to ask you, too, about the uk introducing these mobile tests for frontline workers. what's that about? >> yeah. so we've seen the last 24 hours is that the government has created these mobile units that basically are up and down country, michael. to test those essential workers, those people most in need. and this will be led by the military. the military here will be traveling up and down the country setting up these units. they hope to get more than 90 units or so going by the start of may. to test these people up and down the country. people who don't have access to -- to testing. these units can be set up, michael, in 20 minutes and test results can be done in 48 hours. now, this is important, because you and i have talked about this before. the government, at the beginning of the month, pledged to be testing roughly around 100 or so thousand tests a day. despite all these tests they

have been promising, michael, there haven't been -- they've promised -- they haven't actually met any of this. in fact, the last tests in the last 24 hours was 28,000 tests. so those promises by matt hancocks, the health secretary, still hoping of course these mobile units will ramp up the testing. also worth pointing out, the website launched on friday to allow essential workers to book slots to be tested, that has gone two days now. by 10:00 in the morning, is completely booked up. so hopefully, these mobile units will go to those most in need. michael. >> testing, still, such a major issue and in a number of countries, including here in the u.s. and there in the uk. lisa, good to see you. we'll talk to you later. now, italy has been under national quarantine since march 9. but lately, its numbers of new cases and deaths have been shrinking, as well. and despite the restrictions,

italians say they do understand that their sacrifices are for the greater good. here's cnn's ben wedeman. >> reporter: for more than six weeks, lockdown has been a way of life for italians. and while, elsewhere, there have been protests calling for a return to normal life. >> it's all quiet on the italian front. >> columnist and author spoke to me from the hard-hit northern province. >> you hear the sound of ambulances every day, as we have for the last six weeks. you don't really -- like new yorkers now, probably. you don't really need much to be convinced. and that's why i said, okay, i think it makes sense to stay home. >> italy was the first country to impose a nationwide shutdown. during which a usually unruly

people has been largely willing to obey the rules. i never expected italians to be so disciplined, says vladamiro. instead, we took seriously what the government told us. in part, it's because the death toll from coronavirus has been so high. more than 25,000. and, in part, because of who is dying. the average age of death from the virus is 79. and, here, the grandparents are a national institution. >> old people are considered very important because they're pieces of history. you learn from them. >> in a country that has seen empires rise and fall, family is the one constant. >> respect. i mean, we've been asked,

basically, to do nothing, to do something. s we stay home, and we take it easy. and it's our way to protect our -- yeah -- our -- maybe oldest people. >> yet, the longer the lockdown goes on, the gloomier the prospects for italy's economy. >> for now, the government says the country can start to reopen may 4th. the reopening will be cautious. it will be gradual. italy can ill afford a second wave of this virus. >> reporter: an entire generation, a nation's history, is at stake. ben wedeman, cnn, rome. >> and, coming up after the break, the white house may be looking to replace its health department chief. why alex azar might have fallen out of the trump administration's good graces. we'll have that and more when we come back.

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and welcome back to our viewers here in the united states, and all around the world. i'm michael holmes and you are watching cnn "newsroom." several u.s. states easing restrictions designed to keep the coronavirus from spreading. georgia has, already, allowed tattoo parlors, salons, massage therapists, and bowling alleys to reopen. restaurants will be able to seat diners for monday. now, this comes as the national death toll approaches 54,000 and deaths are growing in georgia. there are some glimmers of hope, though. some governors reporting that the infection curve seems to be

flattening in some states. the trump administration is considering some major starting shakeups, meanwhile, namely in the top health office. jeremy diamond explains. >> well, there are discussions underway at the white house about potentially replacing alex azar. he is the secretary of health and human services. now, a senior administration official tells me that, at this point, nothing is imminent but there are discussions among white house officials about replacing azar. now, these discussions are coming following a spate of news stories that have been really quite critical of alex azar's role in managing this coronavirus response of the trump administration. particularly, in the early days of the response. you'll recall that alex azar was actually in charge of the white house's coronavirus task force in the early days, and it was him and his department who really handled the response in january and in february to coronavirus.

even as the president was publicly downplaying the seriousness of this threat, alex azar was working with other officials inside the department of health and human services. the cdc. to really manage this response. now, the white house's deputy press secretary judd dear, he has a response, and it is, the department of health and human services, under the leadership of secretary azar, continues to lead on a number of the president's priorities. any speculation about personnel is irresponsible and a distraction from our whole-of-government response to covid-19. now, again, just to stress, this is not something that's happening imminently. but the fact that there are these discussions inside the white house certainly is notable. and particularly because we know that the president has really been trying to blame others for the slow response here. he has looked toward the world health organization. he has looked toward china. so it is possible that alex azar could become the next scapegoat as the president moves forward. jeremy diamond, cnn, washington.

>> more measures to keep immigrants out of america could be coming soon. this would be in addition to president trump's executive order barring potentially thousands of people seeking a home in the united states. he signed that order on wednesday. the acting homeland security secretary suggesting the administration could go a step further, with a focus on temporary visas. the president says his order is in the best interest of the american people. >> this pause on new immigration will also help to conserve vital medical resources for american citizens. a short break from new immigration, depending on the time we're talking about, will protect the solvency of our healthcare system, and provide relief to jobless americans. >> and, joining me now, cnn senior political analyst, john avlon. he is also the author of "washington's farewell." a great read. john, great to have you back on, my friend.

the world is, quite rightly, laser focused on this virus and dealing with it. but, in the u.s., a lot of other things are perhaps slipping under the radar. i wanted to ask you most recently the trump administration changes to the immigration policy. supposedly temporary, no guarantee of that. and of course you have got trump's immigration advisor, stephen miller, who would like a whole lot more. what is your read? >> well, stephen miller, who is a zealot on the issue of immigration, told folks on a surrogate call that while it was supposed to be a 60-day decree, really hoped it would be a wedge of something much bigger. this is part of a larger agenda that he and trump have tried to produce to shut down foreign immigration. and as with any idea log, you never want to lay a good crisis to waste. that's part of the problem of keeping our eye on the ball on policy while the pandemic occurs because some folks are going to try to get away with murder. >> yeah. i wanted to also ask about

deregulation, as well. the latest being the weekend regulations on release of mercury and other toxic metals from oil and coal-fired power plants because nothing like a little more mercury in the air. it's another step towards rolling back health and environmental protections right in the middle of a pandemic, and adds to a raft of environmental regulation rollbacks. what do you make of that? >> well, look, this has clearly been a long standing priority of the administration. there is no reason they would stop rolling back environmental regulations just because of something like a pandemic. but of course it does beg the question why in the world would that be a priority? increasing pollution into the air during a pandemic doesn't seem to make a whole hell of a lot of sense. and if it doesn't to you, it's because it doesn't actually. but it is a policy priority for this administration, and they are going to go full steam ahead, whatever they feel they can get' way wi away with under cover when folks are paying attention elsewhere, they will. but it's not a new policy. it's simply a continuation of an agenda they have had for quite some while. and they'll run into some

roadblocks in the courts as well. >> worrying a lot of people for a long time. another aspect of this, and i wanted to ask you how on demand is this administration, in terms of experts and career professionals? again, this has been going on for a long time but there's been years of staff and funding cuts to any number of crucial departments and agencies. and, you know, let's remember there is a raft of acting heads in various areas. i know you've got some things to say about governance issues, exposed by this administration's response. >> well, you know, let's start with the whole acting secretary phenomena because it's an important point. the president's basically made a decision that he likes having acting secretaries in place. what that means basically is they haven't been confirmed by the senate. which means the administration doesn't have to go through that rig ma role as they see it from accountability from the co-equal branch of government and also the person will be on pins and needles making sure his fealty is to the president, who can

remove him any time rather than looking out for his agency or stated mandate. all of this is part of a larger erosion of the state. we could have a debate about the right size of government. but one of the things i think the pandemic is exposing that is an ideological approach that tries to make government so small that it can't adequately respond, proactively, to a pandemic is not serving its people. and as you look at how demographics in american politics, i think you are going to see this pandemic wake a lot of folks up to the fact that, you know, maybe we've cut too far. maybe, here's a crazy idea, expertise matters. and democratic society deserves to have a government that can be responsive to the needs of the people. these are policy problems. we see america was caught flat footed on this. it's, in large part, because the president didn't want to deal with it. he was in denial. but the more you erode experts and you degrade science from an ideological perspective, you have an anti-science agenda, you leave people of your country

vulnerable. and i think there is going to be a pushback that could have profound implications not just in the next election but over the next generation because what's happening is clearly not working. and if the alternative is an authoritarian state, that's a real bad option, too. and so those are false choices. we need to have a strong democratic state that can take -- that elevates confidence in government again. >> really good points. quickly, only got a minute lift but i want to ask you about the election approaching and you got the president pushing the incorrect theory of mail-in voter fraud. and attacking the u.s. postal service. firstly, do you think those two are related, as election approaches? and how important might mail-in ballots be in this election, considering the pan dem snik. >> well, look, absolutely mail-in ballots matter. it's done in a number of western states. the president and members of his administration vote by mail. and this is simply a way to ensure that people can go to the ballots if there is particularly

a second bump in the pandemic. that doesn't decrease turnout. and -- and -- and republicans who fear, including the president, will somehow disadvantage them, i don't think are looking at the facts. it may disproportionately depress turnout among older people, who are more likely to vote, statistically, for the president and the republican party. but we need to make sure this election goes forward and we can lower all the barriers to entry as possible. keep in mind, around the world right now, there are authoritarian regimes trying to take advantage, opportunistically of this pandemic. and we need to make sure democratic nations, lowercase d, hold ourselves to a higher standard. and barriers to participate in our elections are lowered, not heightened in the time of pandemic. >> john avlon, thank you so much. appreciate it. thank you. >> take care. >> when we come back, the mystery deepens. new satellite photos raising questions about the north korean leader kim jong un. we'll have that when we come back. what is that?

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vietnam is being -- for its response to the coronavirus. the rate of infection in that country, relatively low compared to the rest of the world. so what did they do right? let's take a look at how vietnam is approaching prevention. >> reporter: vietnam, a country of 97 million people and less than 300 confirmed cases of covid-19. and no deaths. that's the official figure from the government, and that has caught the attention of experts and the international media. the world health organization attributes vietnam's apparent success in beating back the virus to the communist state's ability to get the public to cooperate. including mass quarantines, lockdowns, mandatory social distancing, and aggressive contact tracing and testing. >> translator: vietnam's

strategy in the fight against covid-19 was remote and early prevention. even before the pandemic got complicated. >> the first two cases of the virus were detected in january. authorities, immediately, suspended flights to wuhan, then the ground zero of the pandemic, and closed the border with china to all but essential trade and travel. in addition, aggressive contact tracing began, relying on grassroots communist party networks in neighborhoods. here's how one hanoi resident put it. we go to each and every alley, knocking on each and every door. we follow the guidance from our government that fighting the pandemic is like fighting our enemy. easing the restrictions came after no new confirmed case was reported in about a week. but the authorities here insist the crisis is not over. in fact, a town in the province close to the chinese border was locked down early this month after one case of the virus was detected.

restrictions, also, remain on two villages during the capital hanoi, according to state media. hanoi residents welcome the easing of restrictions but this man, reminding people not to let down their guard. >> translator: the social distancing has been eased. but this outbreak is unpredictable. therefore, we cannot anticipate anything. >> in the meantime, many here, just happy that a semblance of normality is back. >> turning our attention now to north korea and new questions surrounding the whereabouts of dictator kim jong un. he was last seen in public on april 11, and missed an important event on april 15. well, now, satellite photographs are raising suspicions that something serious might be unfolding. here's cnn's will ripley. >> it is abundantly clear, right now, that something major is happening inside north korea. ever since cnn's jim sciutto

broke the story that the u.s. is monitoring intelligence that north korean leader kim jong un's health may be in danger after a procedure, state media inside north korea has been radio silent. business as usual. they have not confirmed. they have not denied. they haven't said anything. so we had to look at clues, including these new satellite images released by u.s. think tank 38 north. they show what appears to be kim jong un's train at his compound in the north korean coastal city. it is a beachfront, luxurious compound where kim jong un spent summers as a child. it's a place he loves to be. he's also conducted a number of missile texts fr missile tests from that location. but the snifg danilg nif dance train being there now is. but the presence of the train either proves or disproves kim jong un's health condition. what do know from my trips there is usually when he goes there, he prefers to fly. it's faster, it's more

convenient for him. if kim jong un is currently unable to fly because of surgical procedure or another reason, the train could be a way for him to get back, more comfortably, to a place like the north korean capital pyongyang. we know kim jong un also chooses to travel by train during very formal or serious events, such as his summit in beijing with president xi jinping. we also know the late korean leader kim jong il reportedly died on the train. we don't know why kim jong un's train is at his compound or where it may be going if it decide to leave the station but given there is so much secrecy right now about the health status of kim jong un, every clue we see from satellite and intelligence is significant. will ripley. cnn. tokyo. >> the coronavirus has shut professional sports down, for now. but close to a million people on instagram are still getting their basketball fix.

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welcome back. the coronavirus pandemic has temporarily halted professional sports, as you may have noticed, but one man is keeping sports alive with his back impressions. close to a million people, including me, follow him avidly on instagram. patrick snell has more. ♪ >> lebron's not easy, because i twisted my ankle. >> attempting finely-tuned impressions of your idol is not without peril, but his attention to detail when it comes to imitating some of basketball's biggest names is now more than ever paying off in the most impactful way. >> there's no live supports. i'm trying to keep up with the

spirits and make the video for people going through hard times. i do my best to make funny videos. i get oh, i needed this, thank you, know what i mean. i get the encouragement from the fans. i just want to stay consistent with it. >> max turned to his own brand of hoops comedy and his popularity is soaring with close to a million followers on his max is nice instagram account, he remains ever mindful of the swiefss alo sacrifices along the way. >> sometimes i'll be hungry, sometimes i'll have to eat like one time a day. >> the last few months have been truly life transforming for max. he arrived in the united states at 10 years old from moldova.

>> the message was, he was like, i'm a big fan. you're hilarious, and i was like, wow. because i know he's a famous player, and everybody knows him. he has a big following base. so i was just like, that's dope. i was happy and ever since then i kept it cool with him. >> if you want further proof max and his talents really are now living the dream. >> i got a deal. one day i was chilling in college, eating a cheeseburger or something, i look at my phone, and i get a dm, and i go, yo, what's up? and he tells me, so i got this show coming up tuesdays, i would like you to be a part of that. would you be down for something like that? and i was like, man, you don't even have to ask me. count me in.

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most-reported coronavirus infections and deaths in the world. now the nation is watching nervously as some states relax rules designed to slow the virus down. meanwhile, the u.s. government and its officials are saying three more coronavirus antibody tests are now authorized. that brings the total to seven. the fda says the tests can indicate if somebody has had the virus already, even if they showed no symptoms. and yet, a potential setback to that. the world health organization warning that people who had the virus, well, they could get it again. scientists tell them there is no evidence that patients actually become immune, which has been a great hope of many. what about a ravaccine? obviously there isn't one yet and some scientists are urging caution. >> we need to be careful, we don't have a