our special coverage continues with brianna keilar. see you later tonight. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to cnn continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. i'm brianna keilar in washington. and we have breaking news this afternoon. business leaders warning president trump today that coronavirus testing needs to be ramped up and widespread before anyone can return to work. sources tell cnn this. this was part of the first meeting of president trump's business council first reported by the "wall street journal" and signals some of the major hurdles that the president will face as he pushes to reopen the economy by may 1st. let's go to kaitlan collins live at the white house. kaitlan, tell us what else you're learning about this, what is a warning to the president. >> reporter: this is a first of a series of calls that trump is going to have today and on this call it was executives from banking, financial, hospitality

our special coverage continues now with brianna keilar. i'll see you later tonight on 360. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> hi there, i'm brianna keilar in washington. it is monday, april 20th, and yet we still don't exactly know who has the virus and who does not. testing is the key to slowly reopening the u.s. economy without overwhelming hospitals with patients and spiking american deaths. forcing the country right back into shutdown mode. so where are the tests. president trump claims there no problem. >> already we're doing testing at a level nobody has ever done before but we'll be doing testing as the biggest tester in the world -- >> but that is not actually the number that matters. u.s. has only tested 1% of the population and we're also now learning how the u.s. government blew it on testing from the very beginning. it took weeks for the cdc to sort out malfunctioning coronavirus test kits and federal officials failed to ensure there could be enough supplies for the test going forward. this includes the swabs that the

with brianna keilar. i'll see you later tonight. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to cnn continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. i'm brianna keilar in washington. and we have breaking news this afternoon. business leaders warning president trump today that coronavirus testing needs to be ramped up and widespread before anyone can return to work. sources tell cnn this. this was part of the first meeting of president trump's business council first reported by the "wall street journal" and signals some of the major hurdles that the president will face as he pushes to reopen the economy by may 1st. let's go to kaitlan collins live at the white house. kaitlan, tell us what else you're learning about this, what is a warning to the president. >> reporter: this is a first of a series of calls that trump is going to have today and on this call it was executives from banking, financial, hospitality services, restaurant, retail stores and they had a message that the president before peop

our special coverage continues right now with brianna keilar.>> hi there i'm brianna keilar in washington. today is thursday, april 23rd, 2020. right now the death toll in the united states is more than 47,000 people. a stunning number of neighbors, friends and family members lost to coronavirus. as states re-open dr. anthony fauci saying moments ago quote he's not overly confident at all about the ability to test widely enough for coronavirus. testing, of course, is an important part of re-opening. it is key. president trump also now says he disagrees with georgia's re-opening after he incredible pushed to liberate states. the house of representatives is now voting on more economic relief for americans to the tune of almost $500 billion. it is badly needed relief as we learn of another 4.4 million americans applying for unemployment benefits for the first

continues now with brianna keilar. i'll see you later tonight on 360 at 8:00 p.m. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> hi there, i'm brianna keilar in washington on tuesday, april 21st. and we begin with the push in some states to reopen even as the death toll from coronavirus in the united states exceeds 43,000 people. and we're still very much at the top of the curve of infections. georgia, south carolina, and tennessee are among those beginning to scale back stay at home measures and allow some businesses to reopen completely disregarding the proposed criteria by the white house to do so. >>> plus, in order to safely reopen the country, health experts say the u.s. needs to be able to perform millions of coronavirus tests each week. so far, though, the u.s. only performed about 4 million coronavirus tests total and that is in three months. and governors across the country have reported shortages of the materials that are needed to run those tests. we're also watching congress where there is a deal on more fun

our special coverage continues now with brianna keilar.see you later tonight on 360. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> hi there, i'm brianna keilar in washington. it is monday, april 20th, and yet we still don't exactly know who has the virus and who does not. testing is the key to slowly reopening the u.s. economy without overwhelming hospitals with patients and spiking american deaths. forcing the country right back into shutdown mode. so where are the tests. president trump claims there no problem. >> already we're doing testing at a level nobody has ever done before but we'll be doing testing as the biggest tester in the world -- >> but that is not actually the number that matters. u.s. has only tested t

our special continues with brianna keilar. i'll see you tonight with 360 at 8:00 p.m. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> i'm brianna keilar in washington on in friday, april 24th. tonight the united states death toll, more than 50,000 in the country lost to coronavirus. in los angeles county it is the leading cause of death but in the state of georgia where daily case as peer to be on a decline but deaths are still on the rise, you could now visit gyms and bowling alleys as nonessential businesses reopen. but first, health experts are rushing to clarify president trump's latest medical suggestions that could kill americans if followed. this is one that sunlight or heat would be used to treat coronavirus. and two, that disinfectants like bleach, that is right, bleach, could perhaps be injected into the body to kill the virus. the absurd comments following this statement by a senior homeland security official about how the virus responds to light and disinfectants in the air and on surfaces, not including the human body

our special continues with brianna keilar.e you tonight with 360 at 8:00 p.m. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> i'm brianna keilar in washington on in friday, april 24th. tonight the united states death toll, more than 50,000 in the country lost to coronavirus. in los angeles county it is the leading cause of death but in the state of georgia where daily case as peer to be on a decline but deaths are still on the rise, you could now visit gyms and bowling alleys as nonessential businesses reopen. but first, health experts are rushing to clarify president trump's latest medical suggestions that could kill americans if followed. this is one that sunlight or heat would be used to treat coronavirus. and two, that

, i'm brianna keilar in washington. it is wednesday, april 22nd, and today as the death toll from coronavirus in the united states tops 45,000, we are learning that it started claiming lives a full three weeks earlier than we previously thought. in california two deaths have now been linked to the virus from early to mid-february. and this sparks questions about just how early it was spreading in the united states. apparently undetected. >>> and plus as parts of the country begin to reopen, some businesses, the cdc director is warning this isn't going away any time soon and we could see another wave of coronavirus this winter and it could be even worse than what we're seeing now. the latest projections putting the death toll in the u.s. at thousand by august. i want to bring in cnn nick watt live in los angeles. and georgia is just days away from its aggressive reopening plan and president trump said that states are, quote, safely coming back, but that is not really how health experts see it. >> reporter: well, no. list

. >> our special coverage continues now with brianna keilar.ee you later tonight on 360 at 8:00 p.m. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> hi there, i'm brianna keilar in washington on tuesday, april 21st. and we begin with the push in some states to reopen even as the death toll from coronavirus in the united states exceeds 43,000 people. and we're still very much at the top of the curve of infections. georgia, south carolina, and tennessee are among those beginning to scale back stay at home measures and allow some businesses to reopen completely disregarding the proposed criteria by the white house to do so. >>> plus, in order to safely reopen the country, health experts say the u.s. needs to be able to perform millions of coronavirus tests each week. so far, though, the u.s. only performed about 4 million coronavirus tests total and that is in three months. and governors across the country have reported shortages of the materials that are needed

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. >>> i'm brianna keilar in washington. and any moment the white house is expected to reveal more details on guidelines to reopen the united states. this is according to a senior administration official. the main focus is how wide spread testing needs to be and how steep the drop in infections must be before it is safe to relax restrictions and this comes as president trump encouraging protests against stay-at-home orders in some of the hardest hit states going against the advice of his own scientific advisers and as the president lashes out on twitter after doesing for more help with testing before reopening. it is the most critical component with nearly 680,000 confirmed cases in the united states and a significant but unknown number of asymptomatic patients who were spreading the virus. today the head of the cdc robert redfield addressed concerns about the so-called silent carriers and warned the american public not to let up on mitigation efforts. we are right now monitoring three live events across the country as gover

. >> i'm brianna keilar in washington on this tuesday afternoon and the death toll at this hour is nearing 25,000 people in the united states. with almost 600,000 infected with the coronavirus. new york governor andrew cuomo saying that state appears to be at the peak of the pandemic. deaths were up yesterday compared to the day before. but hospitalizations are down slightly and the governor is saying this. we changed the curve. though it is not over yet. researchers say the u.s. might have to endure social distancing measures until 2022 unless a vaccine becomes available soon. dr. fauci today saying we're not there yet on a plan to reopen the country and governor cuomo is warning he may not even abide by such an order by president trump. now in the last month, nearly 11,000 people have died in new york state. that is 778 just in the past 24 hours. shimon prokupecz is joining me now from new york city. and shimon, governor cuomo made it clear, he's not going to reopen new york on his timetable in conjunction with other governors in the region or that is what he is going to open new york on

. >>> hi there i'm brianna keilar in washington. today is thursday, april 23rd, 2020. right now the death toll in the united states is more than 47,000 people. a stunning number of neighbors, friends and family members lost to coronavirus. as states re-open dr. anthony fauci saying moments ago quote he's not overly confident at all about the ability to test widely enough for coronavirus. testing, of course, is an important part of re-opening. it is key. president trump also now says he disagrees with georgia's re-opening after he incredible pushed to liberate states. the house of representatives is now voting on more economic relief for americans to the tune of almost $500 billion. it is badly needed relief as we learn of another 4.4 million americans applying for unemployment benefits for the first time, totaling 26.5 million people justin last five weeks. just to give you some context. that's about the entire population of florida and south carolina combined. first let's bring in cnn's martin savidge. he's live for us from atlanta. health experts are cautioning again

. >> hello, i'm brianna keilar in washington and the united states is nearing the peak of the coronavirus pandemic according to the cdc director. and once we are through the worst of it the director said we must study the data county by countries to determine how to get the u.s. back to semblance of normal. moments ago governors holding a joint announcement to develop a plan on how to do that. yet president trump despite never issuing a stay-at-home order claims it is his decision to reopen the country, a decision that he said he will make soon. and at this hour, there are nearly 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases around the world. and the number of deaths here in the united states is now nearly 23,000. this is the most reported by any country at this point. almost half of those deaths are in new york where there are more than 10,000 lives lost across the state. the governor cuomo did say he thinks the worst is hopefully over. let's go to shimon prokupecz in hard-hit new york city. and shimon, the death rate has been declining along with the number of hospitalizations. tell us about th

. >>> i'm brianna keilar in washington.moment the white house is expected to reveal more details on guidelines to reopen the united states. this is according to a senior administration official. the main focus is how wide spread testing needs to be and how steep the drop in infections must be before it is safe to relax restrictions and this comes as president trump encouraging protests against stay-at-home orders in some of the hardest hit states going against the advice of his own scientific advisers and as the president lashes out on twitter after doesing for more help with testing before reopening. it is the most critical component with nearly 680,000 confirmed cases in the united states and a significant but unknown