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brooke baldwin picks up our coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for joining me on this monday afternoon. you are watching cnn special live coverage of this coronavirus pandemic. and we have to begin today with a sobering and haunting new prediction that shows a grim month ahead for america as more and more states begin to reopen and the president himself encourages them to get back to business. this is what we have. an internal document first obtained by "the new york times" shows internal modelling which project it is number of people dying a day from this virus will nearly double by june 1st. so the number now we have is to 3,000 deaths a day. remember, this modelling but also remember, 3,000 is much more than the number of people killed on 9/11, and that could happen daily over the next couple of weeks as more and more states relax social distancing. the modelling also projects that the number of cases will jump from 25,000 a day to 200,000 cases a day. let me read you part of this piece out of "the new york times." the projec

i'm brooke baldwin. it is an extraordinary friday for a multitude of reasons. breaking news out of minneapolis, where i want to begin this hour. one of the four police officers involved in the death of george floyd has been taken into custody in charge with third-degree murder and manslaughter. his name derek chauvin, the white officer you see here who kneeled on floyd's neck for multiple minutes as you could hear floyd saying "i can't breathe." we're also getting a new look at that whole thing, another angle appearing to show three minneapolis police officers, three kneeling on george floyd during that arrest. as we play this for you, this new video that we have is graphic. >> [ inaudible ]. >> so from this perspective here, across the street, this video shows three officers, you see them not just one, pinning floyd down. again, as he pleads for his life, saying i can't breathe. last hour the big news drop, the county attorney talked about chauvin's arrest and why he is right now the only officer charge

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being here. welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching cnn continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and we have now that president trump has just confirmed that the press secretary of vice president mike pence has now tested positive for coronavirus. this is one day after she had taken the test and she had tested negative. this is the day we learned one of the president's own personal valets was infected so we'll get to that in just a moment. like right now to the white house and kaitlan collins for the breaking news. and the office investigating the whistle-blower complaint of richard bright determined there is reason to believe he was removed as retaliation and is recommending he is reinstated during the investigation according to his lawyers. kaitlan, tell me more about that. >> reporter: yeah, this is a statement we just got from rick bright's attorneys. of course he was the vaccine chief who was leading that government agency and was removed from hi

brooke baldwin will pick up our coverage right now. >>> hi there, i am brooke baldwin. thanks for being here for our coronavirus coverage. the nation is getting wider over how to reopen. at least 32 states are on track and easing some restrictions by the end of the week. others are extending their stray at ho stay-at-home orders and governors are fighting who don't agree how the states are proceeding. keep in mind the protest is not just against social distancing. georgia held a mock funeral per session saying the governor's choice will cost lives. as the nation moves forward so far what remains consistent is the rise in infections. this hour, it exceeded 1,070,000. you can see the number on your screen with more than 63,000 deaths. we'll show you the growing divide and how businesses are trying to balance staying in business with staying safe. let's begin the hour in texas. ed lavandera is live in dallas. ed, today is phase one for texans and that means folks can go shopping but maintain social distancing, how well is that going? >> reporter: well, you know if you thou

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being here.lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. at this hour, the death toll in the united states from coronavirus, a stunning 70,272. this time last month the death toll was not even 10,000. 9,267. yet despite this huge spike and projections of 134,000 deaths this summer by the academic modelers the white house has cited in the past, vice president pence now confirming that there are conversations going on about the white house coronavirus

i'm brooke baldwin. the mayor of providence, rhode island, encouraging people to publicly shame anyone not wearing a face mask amid this pandemic. >> what we need is everyone to quote unquote self-police. take ownership to be part of the solution, and then what i've been telling our residents here in providence is if you're out there and you see someone not abiding by the rules, you should socially shame them so that they do fall in line. >> dr. rashni raj, socially shaming and what that entails, we don't know but you tell me. how effective are these face masks at at least slowing the spread of covid-19? >> well, the face mask story is an ever changing one, as you know, about a month ago, we were telling people not to wear face masks, save it for the health care workers and now what we realize is the asymptomatic spread of covid-19 is very real, and that's really the reason why people should be wearing face masks. not so much protection for yourself, although there is some, really to prevent the spread t

brooke baldwin picks up our coverage now. have a nice and a safe weekend. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me on this friday afternoon. you are watching cnn's special live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, and today, just the gut punch the nation knew was coming really hit hard. the u.s. just posted the worst job loss since the great depression proving the country is battling this two headed crisis that's decimating millions of american livelihoods as it takes tens of thousands of lives. 20.5 million j have also vanished. the unemployment rate soaring to 14.8%, happened in whiplash fashion. ten years of job gains wiped out in four months as people have been staying home and trying to stop the spread of covid. you can see here, look at where we were just in early february. when unemployment was at a mere 3.6%. known coronavirus infections were just 12 and no reported deaths and then flash forward to now, 260,000 and the number of people have died is more than 76,000 now. as the nation unde

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. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. you're watching cnn this thursday afternoon. today millions of americans are feeling grief, outrage and frustration as two tragedies leave the nation reeling. more than 100,000 americans have now died from coronavirus. president trump marking the moment in a tweet saying he extended his heart felt sympathy to the loved ones who passed. and in minneapolis, a city on edge now after the killing of 46-year-old george floyd, the unarmed black man who died in police custody after being pinned down to the ground by a police officer. the video of floyd's death setting off a chain reaction of events including the firing of the four officers involved, and the launch of a justice department investigation. we want to show you the video, but i need to warn you, it is difficult to watch. it is graphic. in this video, you will see the officer with his knee on floyd's neck for several minutes while he calls out for help over and over saying i can't breathe. he was declared dead at a nearby hospital s

watching cnn special coverage, i'm brooke baldwin. welcome the viewers in the united states and around the world as this is our special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. as motist of the station beginso relax and a new model projected a steep rise in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths when you look to the weeks ahead. let me show you this. this document first obtained by the "new york times" shows internal modeling which projects the number people dying each day from the virus will nearly double by june 1st to 3,000 people aday. and remember that model. but let's put it in context. 3,000 people is greater than the number of americans killed on 9/11. the modeling also projects that the number of cases will jump from 25,000 a day to 200,000 cases of covid-19 a day. here is a quote from this piece in the "times." the projections confirm the primary fear of public health experts that reopening of the economy will put the nation right back where it was in mid-march when cases were rising in some parts of the countries that pati

brooke baldwin will pick up our coverage right now. >>> hi there, i am brooke baldwin.re for our coronavirus coverage. the nation is getting wider over how to reopen. at least 32 states are on track and easing some restrictions by the end of the week. others are extending their stray at ho stay-at-home orders and governors are fighting who don't agree how the states are proceeding. keep in mind the protest is not just against social distancing. georgia held a mock funeral per

brooke baldwin picks up our coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm brooke baldwin.so much for joining me on this monday afternoon. you are watching cnn special live coverage of this coronavirus pandemic. and we have to begin today with a sobering and haunting new prediction that shows a grim month ahead for america as more and more states begin to reopen and the president himself encourages them to get back to business. this is what we have. an internal document first obtained by "the new york times" shows internal modelling which project it is number of people dying a day from this virus will nearly double by june 1st. so the number now we have is to 3,000 deaths

brooke baldwin picks up our coverage right now. >>> here we go.rb coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being here. we have some breaking news right now. today, the pandemic is striking closer to home for president trump because one of his personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus. a source says that valets in the white house do not wear masks, and if you're wondering what a valet is, it's a perfectly valid question, they're part of this elite military unit oftentimes working very closely with the president and his family, oftentimes seen as confidants, so we have much more on that. >>> also, will we see the president in a face mask whenhee greets the governor of texas any moment in the oval office and should this be happening at all? we'll bring you the event when it's available. first known infection in the west wing, facing questions why it rejected a draft for cdc guidelines that helps schools, churches and businesses move forward in this pandemic, especially as the majority of states are reopening.

brooke baldwin picks up our coverage now.e and a safe weekend. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me on this friday afternoon. you are watching cnn's special live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, and today, just the gut punch the nation knew was coming really hit hard. the u.s. just posted the worst job loss since the great depression proving the country is battling this two headed crisis that's decimating millions of american livelihoods as it takes tens of thousands of lives. 20.5 million j have also vanished. the unemployment rate soaring to 14.8%, happened in whiplash fashion. ten years of job gains wiped out in four months as people have been staying home and trying to stop the spread of covid. you can see here, look at where we were just in early february. when unemployment was at a mere 3.

hi, everyone, i'm brooke baldwin, thank you for being with me on this memorial day.is a memorial day unlike other in recent memories as the large parades and public ceremonies held in honor of fallen service members are replaced by scenes like this one. long island where veterans and marines joined local firefighters in wreath laying while maintaining a distance of six feet apart. and in virginia, a ceremony was live streamed with some portions

>>> you are watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me, of course our viewers in the united states and around the world, you're watching special coverage of this coronavirus pandemic. any moment we could be seeing images from the white house. governor abbott is there to meet with president trump, but breaking news puts into question whether that should event be happening at all. why? one of the president's personal valets has tested positive for the coronavirus. a source says valets do not wear masks, and they're part of the elite military unit, often working with the president and his family. will we see him at the very least in a mask if he continues to follow an apparent unwritten code at the white house, he probably will not. cnn has learned about the internal battle there about whether to wear a mask, whether the president wearing a mask contradicts his message of reopening the nation. and the white house is also facing scrutiny for rejecting the cdc guidelines to help schools, churches, businesses move fo

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being here. you're watching cnn.racking two major stories this hour. and you could see on your screen the number of covid-19 deaths in the u.s. is almost hit the 100,000 mark and we'll have much more on that in a moment. but we have to talk about what is happening in florida right now. breaking news, from the kennedy space center in florida, where bad weather is threatening the first launch of astronauts on u.s. soil in almost a decade. we have cnn space and innovation correspondent who is there but tom sater is our meteorologist. and tom, listen, florida weather is florida weather at the same time there has been a tornado warning and is that no longer, tell us about the conditions. >> right. well, like you said, it is florida but there is a lot of -- there is a variety of things going on here. we had a tornado warning that was issued before 3:00 p.m. just 20 miles north of

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. our special coverage continues now with kate. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kate baldwin, thank you for joining us this hour. it is a tale of two pandemics, depending on what state you live in, the next month is going to look very

s brooke baldwin john thursday she was interviewing a city councilman from minneapolis and about the georgia floyd death and she broke down watch how would you know there are so many emotions as i'm sitting here listening you know i'm having my own i'm surprised at my own how motions along on t.v. with you but i have just as a as a white woman aware of my own privilege in this country i am so angry. and i can't even being can. forgive me. ok we've got less than 30 seconds she lost on the white privilege i mean if you're going to get emotional breakdown over what you saw in that video but throwing in the white privilege what do you think yeah i would disagree with there i know where i sent her a note when she was when she got the virus she's been cooped up but i just but yeah politically speaking certainly i disagree with that comment no question yeah all right jeffrey thank you very very much i appreciate it as always good to see you my friend you bet steve stay well. yes you too ok folks i want you to stay exactly where you are don't go away because we have a lot more ahead on depre

bro brooke baldwin picks up right now. >>> hi there. you so much for being with me on this tuesday. you're watching special coverage of this pandemic, and soon we will see if the president will practice what his top health officials preached, wear a mask to help protect others from the coronavirus. within the hour, the president is said to arrive in phoenix and tour a honeywell facility. before he left for the trip, he addressed for the first time the latest gruesome projections from internal

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin, thank you for being with me.re watching cnn continuing coverage of the coronavirus outbreak. here we are five months after the first case of covid-19 was confirmed in the united states and more than 1.5 million names have been added to a list that continues to grow. and that list includes another staggering number. 100,000, the number of people who have died. it is a threshold that is unthinkable, one the nation is set to cross any day now. so we begin with tom foreman. and tom, we're talking about the pictures of people going out and going to the beach and ignoring the one thing from the white house social distancing so tell me what you're seeing in various states and whose affected the most. >> what i'm

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. you're watching cnn this thursday afternoon. today millions of americans are feeling grief, outrage and frustration as two tragedies leave the nation reeling. more than 100,000 americans have now died from coronavirus. president trump marking the moment in a tweet saying he extended his heart felt sympathy to the loved ones who passed. and in minneapolis, a city on edge now after the killing of 46-year-old george floyd, the unarmed black man who died in police custody after being pinned down to the ground by a poce

i'm honored to join in along with our friend brooke baldwin and eva longoria, andrew yang, margaret choany more. joining me are two members of her campus. they're graduating college seniors. ladies, it is great to see you this morning. before we get to the excitement today and what this big virtual event means i want to mark what you have lost in terms of this and how different it is in terms of what you were damaging. you feel as if you have been robbed of a sense of closure of your college career. can you just describe that? >> yeah. it's weird. because a lot of our lasts, we didn't really know. our last classes, our last club meetings, the last time that we saw our friends on campus. we found out our school runt returning before spring break. >> that's really hard. and about that, two internships that you had really looked forward to and what do you think that means for the larger issue of your career? i'm definitely trying to stay positive at this point. it's a good talking point for job interviews, how we navigated a strange time in the world but i'm not really sure what to expect

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. our special coverage continues now with kate. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kate baldwin, thank you for joining us this hour. it is a tale of two pandemics, depending on what state you live in, the next month is going to look very different and those differences are leading to confusion and tension. but since this virus knows no border, the decision of any one state impacts everyone. keep that in mind as we focus in. at least 32 states now are easing restrictions. like texas, allowing some businesses to reopen today. and georgia, which is lifting its stay-at-home order for most residents. but some states are making clear that they are nowhere near that right now and instead extending stay-at-home orders. that is the case in michigan. and in the sign of the tension, this has all -- how tense this has all become, protesters, some carrying guns, occupied michigan's cap toitol building r the restriction until the end of may. and the virus killing more than 63,000 americans now. more than 1,080,

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being here. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we are now mourning close to 100,000 people in the united states, lost to coronavirus. right now the death toll stands at 98,636, almost 100,000 in a span of just a few months. a loss comparable numerically to more than 41 pearl harbor attacks or 33 september 11th terrorist attacks, a number frankly difficult to comprehend, one hard to grasp by those fortunate enough to remain untouched by this virus because the devastation is happening all over the country and behind closed doors. we don't see images of the devastation because of health privacy issues. funerals are kept very small. and we should note these are confirmed coronavirus deaths. the actual death toll, we are told by officials, is assuredly higher than 100,000. president trump framed the 100,000th death, apparently a pending milestone, around the projection of 1.5 to 2 million deaths if the u.s. had done nothing

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being here. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. at this hour, the death toll in the united states from coronavirus, a stunning 70,272. this time last month the death toll was not even 10,000. 9,267. yet despite this huge spike and projections of 134,000 deaths this summer by the academic modelers the white house has cited in the past, vice president pence now confirming that there are conversations going on about the white house coronavirus task force phasing out around memorial day, either at the end of may or early june. pence telling this to reporters in a briefing that cnn was not invited to. a source telling me that key medical experts will continue to advise president trump even after the coronavirus task force folds. a separate, knowledge source, sources, really, tell me this news of the task force closing down was not shared with the actual task force when it met earlier today. in fact some members learned about

i'm brooke baldwin in new york. dana bash is in for jake. "the lead" starts now. >>> welcome to a special edition of "the lead." i'm dana bash in for jake tapper on this memorial day, a day for honoring those who gave their lives fighting for the united states. and this year, a day where we are now mourning almost 98,000 deaths. family, friends, and neighbors. dr. deborah birx says the trump administration is still predicting up to 240,000 americans dying in the first wave. and the world health organization today is saying there may be a second peak as part of the first wave. plus as white house senior adviser kevin hassett told me yesterday, the devastating economic losses could also be long-lasting. as the president is on the ballot in november, you think there could be double digit unemployment still? >> yes, unemployment will be something that moves back slower. >> many americans are out and about on this memorial day visiting newly reopened businesses and trying to get a taste of summer. as cnn's jason carroll reports, some health exper

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. in our national lead, breaking news. former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is in custody now, being charged with third degree murder and manslaughter for the killing of george floyd. chauvin was the officer who kneeled on the neck of george floyd, a black man, who said he couldn't breathe. floyd was nonresponsive for three minutes before chauvin removed his knee from floyd's neck. the prosecutor in the case says he anticipates charges for the other police officers involved, this comes as new video of the incident has emerged. i want to warn our viewers this video is graphic. it appears to start earlier than the video many of us have previously seen. you can see in the video that it looks as though three officers are holding floyd down, not just officer chauvin. cnn has reached out to the minneapolis police department and the floyd family about the video. we

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me the last two hours here on cnn. stay put. jake tapper starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. at this hour, 76,475 people in the united states, 76,475, have now died from coronavirus. 1.2 million in the u.s. are infected, including now two people who work closely with president trump and vice president pence. today in fact we learned that pence's press secretary, katie miller, has tested positive for the virus. this comes in addition to the man we learned about yesterday, the personal assistant to the president, being infected. those two apparently a result of the routine surveillance testing that happens at the white house. president trump said today that, quote, she, meaning katie miller, tested very good for a long period of time and all of a sudden today she tested positive. the president went on to say, this is why the whole concept of tests aren't necessarily great. the tests are perfect. and then something can happen, unquote. but that doesn't actually make any sense. the t

baldwin spoke to the anger then. >> i simply want to be able to raise my children in peace. >> reporter: cornell brooks, former headthe n.a.a.c.p., was in baltimore during the turmoil of freddie gray's death. >> why the rioting? why the looting? i ask, why the police killing? why the police brutalization? i ask,hy the disrespect? >> reporter: today, the city's police chief apologized for his officers' actions on monday, but it is hard to tell whether that will make a difference out here. behind me, you can still see protesters gathering around the police precinct where the four officers worked. d. is still under siege. norah. >> o'donnell: be safe there. jeff pegues in minneapolis, thank you. ornight, new coronavirus hot spots are emerging, especially across the south. parts of texas are seeing new spikes, and cases are also on the rise in alabama. this comes as new research suggests that six feet of social distancing may not be enough to prevent infection. here's cbs' omar villafranca. >> reporter: as beaches and businesses open up in alabama, the state has recorded more than 5,000 new positive cases of the virus