the number of new infections decline, but that they do risk a new spike in cases if the germans don't continue to adhere to social distancing measures. germany. >> thanks for sharing your time. hope to see you back tomorrow. >> hi, there. i'm brook baldwin and you are watching cnn. boy, am i glad to be back. let me start with thank you. thank you for sending me so much love and prayers. covid-19 gave me a beating, physically and mentally for two weeks. then i took the third just to recoup. severe body aches, fever, chills. just ask my husband, a lot of

tears. i never knew when it would end. it was relentless and scary and lonely. but i was one of the lucky ones. thousands of people are sitting in hospitals suffering. i made the trek to central park over the weekend for the first time since the quarantine began. in the middle of this glorious park, i reported on it, but i wanted to see it with my own eyes. just imagine on one side of this sunny field there are families biking by, and on the other people are fighting for their lives. it took my breath away. i turned to my husband and said i hope we never see this again. some of have you a loved one in a hospital battling coronavirus. some may not have made it home. i offer you my deepest condolences. to the nurses and the doctors and staff on the front lines,

god bless you. my heart goes out to especially those of you who have fallen ill while doing your job or those of you who have had to see your be loved colleagues become your patients on the other side of the curtain. and to our nation's scientists to work in the world of facts, we need you. thank you. so many unknowns when it comes to this virus. when does this end. will there be a second wave as the cdc director predicts, in the fall, with 26.5 million americans having lost their jobs in the past five weeks, many are rightfully wondering how will i provide for my family on the other side. so many inequities have been eliminated by this virus. so much joy has been sucked out of our lives. social gatherings, concerts, sport sporting events. it can be overwhelming.

what are we supposed to take from this? i thought a lot about this while i was sick. i was listening to rene brown, he is the scientific researcher in texas known for her texts and talk about vulnerability and courage. her wisdom has come in handy during this uncertain time. she said a crisis highlights all of our fault lines. we can pretend we have nothing to learn, but own the truth and make a better life for ourselves and others. we need examine why so many people are lonely. she said we have to be intentional about choosing kindness and generosity. let's extend it to those who are

disproportionately affected by coronavirus. let's extend it to those who deliver our mail, stock our groceries, collect our garbage. let's extend it to our families, friends and adversaries. getting sick was awful, but hearing from thousands of you, sharing your kindness and generosity with me through texts and e-mails. it showed me how even when the world stops and takes a collective breath, we are all capable of showing up for one another. i am so moved by the millions of you who have been willing to sacrifice so much in these past few weeks all for the safety of your fellow americans. i know it's tough and it still

is. when the world reopens for good, let's remember these more challenging times and remind ourselves we have the power to take care of one another. and with that, let me get you to the news of the day. specifically, the nationwide experiment. we are all watching day by day as the number of cases nears a million. i am talking about reopening of some businesses in about a dozen states. despite not meeting the white house guidelines that they should see 14 days in a decline in infections. according to sources, the white house willi issue more details. there will be a focus on hygiene practices and keeping people spaced apart to prevent the virus's spread. right here in new york the governor says deaths are down, but the state is still

experiencing about 1,000 cases of new infections every day. >> monday. this is the total hospitalization rate. what you see is basically flat. flat is not great. but flat may be a reaction to the weekend. we don't want to see flat. we want to see an increasing decline. and we want to see how fast that decline goes. >> since reopening their doors, how many customers are willing to come in. from atlanta. martin, i know there were lines at barber shops and hair salons on friday. you are in a restaurant, is there anyone there? good to see you, by the way. >> great to see you and so glad you are back with us. i am sitting down in the restaurant. normally it wouldn't be

newsworthy, but in georgia it is because it means you can dine in. it is a rather lonely experience if you choose to dine in. not many people feel that comfortable just yet. this is the second restaurant we have checked. we were at a waffle house this morning. most folks there showed up, but immediately carried out. they had the opportunity to sit down if they wanted to. they have social distanced, as you can see, the tables and everything else. and they sanitize. but it's the state of mind. most folks don't seem quite ready. say hello to brian, the manager. how has it gone so far? >> it is about as we expected. we didn't feel like there would be people lined upbeating down the door to get in here. we have had some good dining customers today. it's day one. we are off to a good start. we will just say that. >> is it more or less what you

thought? >> it is an experiment. my expectations for today were not very, very high in terms of numbers. i am encouraged that we have had a couple of people come in and enjoy their meal and say thank you and leave. >> we should point out that most of your customers come from georgia tech. they get a lot of college students and things like that. and as we all know, the university in most cases aren't operating the way they were. they are trying day one. many restaurants didn't bother trying to open as far as in-house dining. this one did. day one is starting to fade into day two and every day they hope will get better. but right now it seems that the mindset of a lot of customers is just i am not sure if i'm ready to come here at the table just yet. >> wouldn't blame them one bit. martin savidge, thank you.

the coordinator of the coronavirus task force said some of the restrictions will be with us for a while. >> social distancing will be with us through the summer to ensure that we protect one another as we move through these phases. but at the same time we have to realize that we have to have a breakthrough in invasion in testing. we have to be able -- innovation in testing. we have to be able to detect antigen as well as the live virus. >> joining me is dr. sanjay gupta. at this point we know what is needed. the feds know what is needed. where is the holdup and why? >> it's something we have been talking about. if i can for a second say welcome back. my family -- we were among the

thousands of texts you received. >> i appreciate it. >> my girls love you. you are a hometown girl. they appreciate you. >> thank you so much. my atlanta people, good to see you. >> we love you. we have been talking about testing, as you know. even while you were away the testing conversation never went away, from the beginning, now and always will be the topic of conversation. what dr. birx is talking about is interesting. most people are familiar with the virus test, the pcr test. you are trying to find a strand of the genetic material of the virus. it is so small you have to amplify it. it requires reagents and some of those things have been in short supply. the second test is the antibody test, that says did you have the infection. you would probably test positive

for that or at least in some short time period. it is the bottom test that is the interesting one that dr. birx brought up. this is saying we are going to look for a protein that sits on the top of the virus. we don't need to find the genetic material or the reagents. we just want to find the protein. think of this as a strep test. >> oh, yes, i did. >> tore >> or a rapid flu test, gives you an answer and gives you confidence to go to your place of work or public space. these are sometimes problematic. they can have high false negative rates and they need to fix that. but that's what she's talking about, we need to do more testing, but more available testing. where do you go, how do you get your results. that has to be easy for people to start thinking about reopening. sadly in your home state yet,

where i am, georgia, we are not there yet, despite that martin is at that restaurant and they are opening up. that will be the tricky thing. >> on the point of the testing, and i hear you on who should reopen and maybe not. you and i have had the nasal swab. i put this video out because i thought it was important and i know you have, too. just for people to see how deep the doctor goes in order to really know whether or not you are sick. here in new york city mayor de blasio said they are starting self swab testing. what do you make of people at home trying to do this themselves? >> i think we are going to have to get to that point. it has to be validated in some way. the metaphor i used sometime, and not a blood test, but diabetics are constantly testing their blood sugar. just to get their head around it, what kind of availability of testing. this would not it be a blood

test, but some other kind of test. something like that or point of location. i don't know this would happen. but let's say you are going into hudson yards in the future, but to be confident that you don't have the virus -- you shouldn't because you had it -- and that people around you don't have the virus. the degree of confidence has to be on testing. if someone came back positive, now you need to be isolated. who have you been in contact with the last two or three days. we have to sort that out. that's called containment. right now we are in front of slow down. if we are serious about getting out the back side of this curve, we have to contain this virus before we have a vaccine. it's laborious work but needs to be done. >> they are on it, but it will take time. >> dr. san jjay gupta, love you right back. >> good to see you.

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across the country researchers are working to find treatment for people with coronavirus. one of the treatments they are looking at is a key ingredient in the popular heartburn drug pepcid. let's find out more.

elizabeth, it's wonderful to see you. tell me more. >> before i tell you more, welcome back and i want to tell you how happy, joyful we are to hear you and see you and what an incredible example you have been with your strength and optimism. as you wrote in you are essay, you are a half glassful kind of gal. welcome back. >> thank you. >> now let's talk about heartburn medicines. this is an intriguing study, pepcid. this is the study of the active ingredient in pepcid. the way it started was because of an interesting observation by an american doctor working in china. could it be that a medicine on drugstore shelves might help in the fight against coronavirus? they are studying the active

ingredient in pepcid because of something they observed in china. >> patients sick with covid, but were taking famotidine had a better outcome. >> they expect preliminary results in a few weeks. >> there are many examples where a drug designed for one purpose turns out to have an effect in another disease. >> but dr. tracy warned don't rush out to buy heartburn medicine. the patients in the study are in the hospital getting mega doses intravenously. dr. anthony fauci had some hopeful words for another drug, remdesivir for animals with coronavirus. >> reported just two weeks ago. >> and a doctor at university

much nebraska said results on a major remdesivir study in humans could be available in a week or two. the governor of florida said 12 patients had done well on convalescent plasma, antibodies where someone who has recovered from coronavirus are given to someone infected. >> when we do that, we are essentially boosting their immune system to help fight this infection. this will be a huge game changer to fight covid-19. >> but doctors warn having 12 patients recover doesn't mean much since most do recover. a larger comparison group would be necessary. only science can prove the best

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another sign the country is reopening. the number of americans catching flights is climbing slightly after singing to lows not seen in decades. tsa said this comes as states reopen businesses despite warnings from medical experts it is still too soon. a look at how states are rolling

the dice. >> i'm gary tuckman in greeley, colorado. this barber shop is reopening amid confusion. the governor of the state has authorized retailers to open up if they have proper protocols and if they are on the list. but some have been told they have to apply for a variance and it's not clear if they did that, but this barber shop is reopening. >> in miami, miami-dade will plan to reopen parks, water ways and golf courses. this will involve strict social distancing guidelines and law enforcement, so much so he said

he has hired 400 people to monitor parks and members of the miami-dade police department, coast guard and fish and wildlife will be patrolling and arresting people if needed and issuing fines up to $500. in atlanta. several more meat processing plants shut down over the weekend including the production plant in green bay, wisconsin due to an outbreak of coronavirus. this comes as tyson ceo took it out an add saying the food supply chain is breaking. and while there may be less food, there should still be plenty of meat and the concern is for the plants and farmers and their livestock.

from los angeles, across the country a handful of county sheriffs have said they will not enforce stay at home orders. in houston the head of a police union publicly blasting a judge over a regulation that carries a $1,000 fine for anyone fund in public not wearing face covering. this goes to how far elected leaders can go, and whether police, charged with enforcing these orders, can simply ignore them. it is round two for small businesses to try to get their hands on funding. there is a bit of a snag. we understand the system they use to upload applications has an issue.

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amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the u.s. army is proceeding with this year's graduation ceremony at west point with president trump as the keynote speaker. west point is asking 1,000 cadets to return to campus in new york, the state hardest hit by the virus. with me is the retired army veteran and with vote vets, a liberal veterans group. when you heard all of this, i know you had some strong thoughts. what are they? >> in some ways it's sadly not surprising.

this president for the last 3 1/2 years has always taken a chance at every turn to use the military as a tool for his own domestic gain. whether that was extending troops to the border over the holidays over the caravan situation. he has shown us time and again it is all about him. in this case he wants to give a big speak. he enjoys the pomp and circumstance as we know from his military parade request from the past. he will stop at nothing. he will put people at risk and not only put people at risk in the travel situation, but risk our military readiness. we are talking about 1,000 incoming u.s. army officers who will be the next generation of leaders. the idea that any of those people would be put at risk is unbelievable. >> you hit on two points i want to follow up on. one, the risk on travel. if you are a west point cadet, gone home, been in quarantine.

what risks will these cadets be facing to get to west point? >> right. we have to remember these cadets are all across the country right now, unlike the situation at the air force academy where they were still all on campus. we are talking about people traveling from all corners of the country back to new york. as you have reported so wem ll earlier. we don't know the impacts. healthy people are becoming very sick from coronavirus and these young officers will be put at risk. >> president trump said he was asked to be the commencement speaker at west point, but you say that is not true. how do you know that? >> they have contingencies, doing one later in the summer or doing a virtual one. but instead of listening to the

milita military for recommendation, the president decided to make the decision without telling the military ahead of time and go through that planning process. the same thing he has done in so many other sevcenarios, withdrawing troops from syria, and just recently, the president telling at the secretary of defense telling the president what he needed to keep people safe and the president didn't listen. >> so these 1,000 cadets going back to new york the epicenter of the pandemic and under lockdown. how much is the president risking? >> we have seen that in the navy, taking aircraft carriers

out of ready because we didn't do enough to can tontain the sp of virus. we are talking about people eating in close quarters, at the mess hall. if even one of these cadets get sick, they might not be able to attend this graduation ceremony he's making such a big fuss about. the risk is real and not the right way to welcome these 1,000 brave americans into the u.s. army as future army leaders. >> i appreciate your perspective. thank you for everything you have done for this country. be well will goodwin. >> thank you. >> the white house says there will be no coronavirus task force conference. but it is announced that the president will hold one to

announce as guidance. instead today the president is raging on twitter, attacking governors and even deleting one tweet where he suggested there was a noble, that's n-o-b-l-e prize for reporters. which doesn't exist. the president came under heavy criticism where he said people may be treated for coronavirus by injecting disinfectant, which is incredibly dangerous. gloria, first and foremost, it's nice to see you and be back on. >> first and foremost, yes, welcome back. >> thank you. let's talk about you. your column. you start your whole column by

going back during vintage trump days and talking about the casino and the rolling stones were coming to perform. tell me that story. >> i was talking to a former executive to -- acrimoniously with donned truald trump and in december of 1989 they were going to have this huge pay-per-view extravaganza with the rolling stones. they did not like donald trump so they had it written into their contract they would do a press conference before the concert but in no way could donald trump appear on stage with them. the day of the press conference appeared and donald trump goes backstage and wants to be on with the rolling stones. they refuse to go on with them. he turned to this aide and said what do you mean.

it's my press conference. as if nobody was there to see the rolling stones. this is what we have seen. this is not new. december, 1989. this is what we have seen time and again. if there is a stage, donald trump needs to be on it and in the center of it. >> he will be speaking as we just saw the tweet. no task force briefing, but we will see the president. he will be reading some sort of statement. this is coming after the white house press secretary promised a new look briefing. what do you make of this. >> donald trump has been criticized and become a punch line after his words about disinif diseffectants and could be ingested. hydroxychloroquine has not panned out the way he wanted. his poll numbers have been going down.

i think there are those suggesting to him quietly and privately this is not the best way to get his message across. predictably over the weekends he tweeted i don't need this. hostile questions from the media. i am not going to do this. the question we have is will he be able to stay away from the spotlight and will he give the spotlight to the people who should have the spotlight, and that is the doctors. >> the doctors. >> and the kwquestion, the corollary there is how are they able to handle donald trump in all of this. >> it is a worry. you point out in your piece, you talk about approval ratings and folks like dr. fauci. he needs the doctors, maybe be judgingly. do you worry the science is taking a back seat after the president was embarrassed last

week? >> i think he has kind of done that. i think he saw the reaction from dr. tony fauci and every other doctor in the country. i think the scientists are struggling right now, the doctors are struggling right now. can we get our message across without having the president go on stage next to us and sort of make things up, extrapolate things he shouldn't. and then we all look at them for reaction and they are in a very tough, tough situation. i don't think they want that anymore. i think lots of people who work with donald trump don't want that anymore. imagine trying to tell the president you can't go on stage and rant. you can't go on stage and say whatever comes in your mind. >> just like mick jagger and the stones. we know what the president still managed to do. that's a great anecdote. glory yeah, thank you very much,

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right now, new york has more than 288,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 22,000 deaths. just to give you some comparison, washington state has

more than 13,000 confirmed cases and 749 deaths. both states realize they had an outbreak on their hands right around the same time. why is there such a dramatic difference in the numbers in these two states? a lot comes down to communication and listening to the experts. consider this from this incredible piece in new yorker print edition called the pandemic protocol. the former cdc director has estimated if new york had started implementing stay at home orders ten days earlier than it did, it might have reduced by 20% to 80% and the author joins me now. washington state discovered how fast it was spreading but that defied cdc rules. how so? >> well, seattle is very lucky that it is, for reasons of chance, in the epicenter in one

of the largest creations of epidemiologists on earth. and some were doing the seattle flu study, going around and taking swabs from people, almost at random, to figure out how quickly influenza was spreading through the community and once the coronavirus started breaking out, the outbreaks began, they thought, we could take those and test for coronavirus and see if in fact it's spreading. the cdc said you weren't allowed to do that at the time so they j jury rigged their own and found in fact there was evidence there was already widespread community passing of the coronavirus. >> so that's how they knew so quickly and early and in the meantime, over in new york, when you think back to, i mean, the state and city leaders doing an amazing job now but back to early march, both of the new york mayor and governor were downplaying the threat of the virus and then as time went on, there was quite a bit of bickering between the two. so how then did scientists react

to this? >> according to the reporting, particularly with mayor deblasio, the public health department, one of the best in the world was increasingly furious at the mayor for not taking their advice. there were researchers and scientists and epidemiologists within the department of health saying very early, we need to shut things down and start closing schools and the mayor was very, very slow. he would drag his heels. a mayor who, according to sources, does not trust his experts or agencies. got so bad, some of them had to threaten to resign in order to spur him to shut down restaurants and bars and schools. and of course, there is the fighting between de blasio and cuomo, which just muddies the messages. >> and i want to make sure i still hear you, charles? >> yes. >> i lost my ear, but i'm going to ask you.

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all right, we continue on. good to go here now. i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. you're watching cnn special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. global cases are now beyond 3 million in the u.s., nearly a million, as we all watch this nationwide experiment play out day by day, when talking about the reopening of some businesses and a dozen states as governors try to restart their state's economies even though the states may not have met some critical white house criteria to, in fact, reopen. and that is unnerving. a number of local leaders and health experts fear the states will see a spike in infections. at the same time that our testing for coronavirus is still woefully underavailable, 98 days, by the way, since the first u.s. case was confirmed and while the white house has cancelled tonight's coronavirus task force briefing, it has just announced that the president will hold a news conference tonight to discuss testing guidelines and make some other announcements and that could include more direction on how to reopen restaurants, child care

centers, camps, public transportation, and places of worship with the focus on hygiene practices and keeping people properly spaced apart. so we begin this hour with cnn's senior national correspondent kyung lah, and kyung, last hour, i was talking the our colleague martin savidge in atlanta who was sitting at his table in a restaurant because they have reopened, obviously, with precautions and he said it was a very lonely experience but that was georgia. you are there in los angeles. it's a different story. some states though are starting to open up. what are you seeing where you are? >> reporter: here, there isn't that discussion at all, really. there's a peek into the future, some of the words we're hearing from the governor but nothing substantive, at least in this state, but that's not the story in other parts of the country. what we are seeing is a loosening of state restrictions, a realtime experiment of the hunger to restart state