i'm erin burnett and welcome to a special edition of "out front." a potential breakthrough in fighting coronavirus. the fda planning to announce the emergency use of remdesivir after promising results from a's clinical trial. dr. anthony fauci suggesting that this is a breakthrough. >> it is a very important proof of concept because what it has proven is that a drug can block this virus. we think it's really opening the door to the fact that we now have the capability

i'm erin burnett.nt" tonight, homeland security and health officials are warning of a dramatic spike in coronavirus cases if stay-at-home orders are lifted too

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erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> out front next, the breaking news. the white house says it's going to step up coronavirus test, but is it still not enough? >>> and texas just announced it's going to open businesses on friday. retail stores, malls, restaurants, theaters to reopen but only 25% capacity, so is this the new normal? >>> plus, it's a key ingredient in pepcid, the over-the-counter heartburn drug. is it a cure for coronavirus symptoms? but the lead doctor on the surprising research is up next. let's go out front. >>> out front tonight the breaking news, the white house rolling out its blueprint to ramp up testing across the united states. the number of coronavirus cases close to 1 million. according to the plans unveiled by the president the administration is still putting the burden on the states saying the federal government should, quote, act as the last supplier of last resort. wehear from governor after governor the lack of testing continues to be a source of deep frustration across states across this country. you hear it from kansas, o

i'm erin burnett. the breaking news, president trump says the cdc is now recommendsing all

"erin burnett outfront" picks up our special coverage. >>> breaking news as new york and new jersey face their deadliest day yet the head of the cdc says the number of u.s. deaths linked to coronavirus could be less than predicted. >>> and the disproportionate impact that the coronavirus is having on black communities across the country. why? dr. sanjay gupta has a new report and plus new talks about putting the country back to work. what would that even look like? gary cohn is my guest. let's go "outfront." good evening. the breaking news. president trump said we're in the midst of a very difficult week as he said the u.s. may be getting to the top of the curve. this is the death toll in the united states now tops 12,000. confirmed cases are approaching 400,000, but we are at more than 387,000 could be specific and new numbers out of new york and new jersey today confirming the deadliest day there and the reported deaths for both states in new york. so far, this number has changed over the past hour. 806 people have died. and while there are still major challenges ahead the director of

i'm erin burnett. the breaking news, president trump says the cdc is now recommendsing all americans wear nonmedical face masks to help slow the spread of coronavirus. now, the new guidelines according to the president are voluntary and he told reporters he will not be wearing a face mask. the president also shootsing down guidance from his task force that he consider a nationwide stay at home recommendation. >> should every state in this country have the kind of stay at home orders that we now see in places like washington? >> i leave it up to the governors. the governors know what they're doing. i guess we're close to 90% anyway and states who we're talking about are not in jeopardy, no, i would leave it to the governors. >> the president's decision to leave it to the governors comes as the u.s. reports 1,094 deaths today. that is the most in one day. every day that seems to be the thing we say because that's the truth. it is rising day by day and with every passing hour those numbers are getting wor

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> thank you, wolf. "outfront" next, ramping up the race for a vaccine. 102 potential vaccines now in the works worldwide. we're going to talk to one patient in a very closely watched trial. doctors saying that vaccine could be ready for mass use in september. plus, an exclusive group of top scientists and business leaders, describing themselves as a modern-day manhattan project, saying they have an answer to the coronavirus pandemic. one of the group's leading voices is my guest. and a doctor who is recovering from coronavirus received five different experimental treatments. so which one does he think worked? i'll speak to him. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, ramping up. the global race for a vaccine now accelerating. the world health organization today saying there are now 102 potential vaccines in the works and the nation's top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci says it's possible to have a vaccine ready to go by january. now, that is months a

cnn will continue our special coverage right now with erin burnett "outfront." >>> "outfront" next the breaking news the startling warning from the director of the cdc telling "the washington post" the possible second wave next winter could be worse than the current coronavirus outbreak. plus, our dr. sanjay gupta takes an antibody test. what did he learn from it? he will share his experience and the results. and a renowned infectious disease expert who was the doctor behind the movie "contagion" also contracted coronavirus. he is warning things could get a lot worse before they get better. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett "outfront" tonight the breaking news an alarming warning from the director of the cdc. director robert redfield telling "the washington post" a possible second wave in the winter could be worse than the current outbreak. the quote, there is the possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through. we'll have the flu epidemic and the coronavirus epidemic all at the

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, homeland security and health officials are warning of a dramatic spike in coronavirus cases if stay-at-home orders are lifted too soon. this is according to projections obtained by "the new york times," and the warning comes as the president wants to reopen the country -- in his words -- as soon as possible, perhaps even by may 1st. so, when asked about the projection of a spike in cases, trump today claimed to not know anything about that. his top infectious disease expert also said he hadn't seen the projection but added this -- >> don't let anyone get any false ideas that when we decide at a proper time when we're going to be relaxing some of the restrictions -- there's no doubt you're going to see cases. i would be so surprised if we did not see cases. the question is how you respond to them. i think that's what they were referring to. >> no doubt, you'll see cases. it is a new reality that we will all be facing for a long time to reopen the country as soon as

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> outfront, next.nation's top infectious disease expert warning the u.s. could be in for a bad fall in winter as coronavirus cases in the united states surpass one million known cases. >>> vice president mike pence defending not wearing a mask. he was the only one not following clinic rules and will colleges reopen in the fall. one university president who is also a doctor says yes. students can return to their dorms in august. he's my guest. let's go outfront. >>> good evening. tonight the u.s. could be in for bad fall in winter. that is the warning f

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> thank you, wolf.next, ramping up the race for a vaccine. 102 potential vaccines now in the works worldwide. we're going to talk to one patient in a very closely watched trial. doctors saying that vaccine could be ready for mass use in september. plus, an exclusive group of top scientists and business leaders, describing themselves as a modern-day manhattan project, saying they have an answer to the coronavirus pandemic. one of the group's leading voices is my guest. and a doctor who is recovering from coronavirus received five different experimental treatments. so which one does he think worked? i'll speak to

mara spoke with erin burnett about the agony of saying good-bye from afar. >> his words were we have thrown the crispkitchen sin at him and afraid he doesn't have anymore time. and i said then i need to be on thanked him. i thanked him for being the most amazing husband, to making me feel cherished and loved every single day. every single day my husband wrote me beautiful love letters for my lunch box. just beautiful letters about what i meant to him and our plans for the weekend maybe if it was friday or just about, you know -- he always took care of me, always got me my coffee and just wanted to help me in every way. and so i thanked him, i thanked him. and then i prayed. and then the the doctr doctor t phone and he said i'm sorry, but there is no more pulse. and then i played our wedding song for him. and then that was it. so i was with him when he passed. but i don't want anybody else to experience this. this morning i woke up to a notification on my phone that 43 in nassau county overnight died. because people are just not being careful, people are just being so invincible feeli

i'm erin burnett, and welcome to a special edition of "out front."t, a potential breakthrough in treating coronavirus. the fda planning to announce the emergency use of remdesivir after promising results from a clinical trial. dr. anthony fauci suggesting that this is a breakthrough. >> it is very important proof of concept because what it has proven is that a drug can block this virus. we think it's really opening the door to the fact that we now have the ability and i can guarantee you as more companies,

"erin burnett "out front" starts now. >>> the president say he will issue new guidelines tomorrow. this as los angeles says the city may not hold any major events until 2021. >>> plus top sciencists warning the white house that antibody tests are currently not liable, which is disturbing for people banking everything on them. >>> and thousands protesting the michigan's governor's stay-at-home orders, many people defying those orders. the governor is my guest. let's go "out front." good evening. the breaking news, president trump saying tonight he's determined to reopen the economy, against saying he has absolute power over the states. >> we have the right to do whatever we want, but we wouldn't do that. no, we would have the right to close down what they're doing if we want to do that, but we don't want to do that. i don't think there will be any reason to do that, but we have the right to do that. >> this coming just 24 hours after the president retreated from that position. tonight the u.s. reporting more than -- almost 1,907 new deaths across the country so far today, as trump p

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> and thank to you, wolf.p refusing to answer questions tonight after the cdc state governments and even lysol have taken the extraordinary step of telling americans not to take the president's advice of injecting disinfectants. georgia opens up for business today. we'll talk to two business owners and a vaccine that scientists claim could be ready by fall now u is being tested on humans. so how ryu patients responding? one of the lead researchers is my guest this friday. let's go "outfront." >> and good evening. "outfront" tonight, president trump refusing to answer questions tonight at the

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i'm erin burnett. welcome to a special edition of outfront. news, the number of deaths related to coronavirus in the u.s. is now more than 56 therein. a grim milestone reached just this past hour, and it comes as president trump rolls out the administration's plan now for ramping up testing across the country. the president, trying to paint the united states as a global leader on coronavirus testing but according to a white house official, the

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and good evening, i am erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news. the u.s. reporting the most deaths in a single day because of coronavirus. 1,935. it is a grim milestone coming on the same day president trump says he wants to relax restrictions as soon as possible. but a new federal projection, reportedly, warns of a possible infection spike if it's done too soon. and, today, the president's top coronavirus expert warning that now is not the time to let up on social distancing. >> it's important to remember that this is not the time to feel that, since we have made such important advance in the sense of success of the mitigation that, we need to be pulling back at all. >> yet, tonight, aides are working on plans to reopen the government, perhaps as soon as may 1st. it is a choice, the president says, for him, is like no other. >> i don't know that i have had a bigger decision. but i'm going to surround myself with the greatest minds. i want to get it open as soon as we can. we have to get our country open. i only hope to god that it's the right decision. bu

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> outfront, next. the nation's top infectious disease expert warning the u.s. could be in for a bad fall in winter as coronavirus cases in the united states surpass one million known cases. >>> vice president mike pence defending not wearing a mask. he was the only one not following clinic rules and will colleges reopen in the fall. one university president who is also a doctor says yes. students can return to their dorms in august. he's my guest. let's go outfront. >>> good evening. tonight the u.s. could be in for bad fall in winter. that is the warning for the country's top coronavirus expert, dr. anthony fauci. warning the united states could see more than the just increased forecast of 74,000 deaths if counter measures are not in place. >> it could be a rebound to get us right back in the same boat that we were in a few weeks ago. we could be in for a bad fall and a bad winter. >> that's a stark warning from dr. fauci coming as the key model stated by the white house increases its estimate of poss

professor hill one of the researchers working on this at oxford he had this to say to our colleague erin burnettinishing the trial by july is good going. nobody knows when it is finished because it depends on the incidents of cases in the study. there's a board regularly looking at the numbers and they can stop the trial and declare it over depending whether the vaccine works which would be a great result but could also stop it for what's called futility, no real difference emerging between those vaccinated and not. >> reporter: he said the timeline depends on this trial. but there's a lot of hope that, of course, we want this trial to turn out in a good way. >> the virus, i know, has evolved in some pretty alarming ways. it started out in the he medical community saying it was primarily a lung and respiratory issue and how it was affecting the heart and other organs and now we're hearing the virus can cause strokes in young adults. what do we know about that? >> reporter: that's right. we're seeing strokes of sudden strokes of young adults in their 30s and 40s who otherwise would have mild nor

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erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> and thank to you, wolf. "outfront" next, trump refusing to answer questions tonight after the cdc state governments and even lysol have taken the extraordinary step of telling americans not to take the president's advice of injecting disinfectants. georgia opens up for business today. we'll talk to two business owners and a vaccine that scientists claim could be ready by fall now u is being tested on humans. so how ryu patients responding? one of the lead researchers is my guest this friday. let's go "outfront." >> and good evening. "outfront" tonight, president trump refusing to answer questions tonight at the white house coronavirus task force briefing. a brief iing where his two top medical experts were absent. no sign of doctors anthony fauih or deborah birx. the reason like ly the blowback president trump is getting for his shockingly irresponsible comment suggesting a person could try to inject a disinfectant. the cdc, multiple states and cities warned americans not to listen to his medical suggestions

cnn's erin burnett spoke with the company's chief officer.sten. >> it's obviously a new virus that we're learning a lot about, but the antibodies persist, so the important thing is that we can get our frontline workers back to work right now, and the 650 or 700 workers that are in detroit right now that are part of the police force that aren't serving because they're stuck home can be tested and have robust antibodies can go back into the force and know that being on the front line, they're safe and they can protect other people. and i think that we're doing that now in hospital systems, and i believe it's just urgent for getting people, you know, taken care of. >> yeah, and it isn't just in the united states. germany is planning an antibody test that could show who is now immune from the virus, and that could ease some of the social restrictions we're currently facing and give some people some hope when it comes to the economy. >>> well, here at cnn, we have the latest updated facts and figures as millions of people are being impacted global

i'm erin burnett, and welcome to a special edition of "out front." tonight, a potential breakthrough in treating coronavirus. the fda planning to announce the emergency use of remdesivir after promising results from a clinical trial. dr. anthony fauci suggesting that this is a breakthrough. >> it is very important proof of concept because what it has proven is that a drug can block this virus. we think it's really opening the door to the fact that we now have the ability and i can guarantee you as more companies, more investigators get involved, it's going to get better and better. >> results from this preliminary trial show remdesivir improved recovery time for coronavirus patients. 15 days in the hospital. taking the drug, only 11. and while fauci admits the drug did not show a statistically significant benefit in whether patients actually died as of yet, i just spoke to a doctor involved in the remdesivir trial. he is much more optimistic. he says the expectation is that the more data that they have coming through is going to show a statistically

cnn will continue our special coverage right now with erin burnett "outfront." >>> "outfront" next the breaking news the startling warning from the director of the cdc telling "the washington post" the possible second wave next winter could be worse than the current coronavirus outbreak. plus, our dr. sanjay gupta takes an antibody test. what did he learn from it? he will share his experience and the results. and a renowned infectious disease expert who was the doctor behind the movie "contagion" also contracted coronavirus. he is warning things could get a lot worse before they get better. let's gfr

i'm erin burnett. welcome to a special edition of outfront. the breaking news, the number of deaths related to coronavirus in the u.s. is now more than 56 therein. a grim milestone reached just this past hour, and it comes as president trump rolls out the administration's plan now for ramping up testing across the country. the president, trying to paint the united states as a global leader on coronavirus testing but according to a white house official, the goal is to help each state reach the ability to test at least 2% of its residents, over a month. i just spoke to the director of the harvard global health institute, dr. ashish jah, he said at that rate, it would take four years to test every american. at minimum, the administration needs to be doing at least double what it is doing now per day. the administration is now trying to shift the focus to testing after last thursday's briefing where the president suggested injecting disinfectants into the body as a possible treatment. tonight, the president was asked about the spike in people usin

i'm erin burnett and you were hearing a question there about antibody testing. that of course was the coronavirus task force along with president trump giving the latest update on the pandemic, which comes as the united states today reports more than 10,000 deaths related to coronavirus. there are, though, tonight signs that social distancing and stay at home orders may be working in some places. new york's governor andrew cuomo telling reporters that new york, which is the epicenter right now in the united states, may be experiencing a flattening of the curve. you're still seeing an increase, the rate of that increase though seems -- seems to perhaps have been slowing. we have a lot to discuss. i want to go to jim acosta now, gloria borger, daniel dale our fact checker and dr. sanjay gupta. there's a lot to talk about. i do want to ask about those antibody tests because that's going to be a crucial thing, that last point just made. but first as the president was taking these questions, jim acosta, he certainly was -- i mean, he was going back and forth with peo

with that, admiral -- >> all right, good evening, i'm erin burnett. you have been watching the coronavirus task force giving the latest update on the pandemic. the administration while trying to explain away the issues with testing in the united states, tonight laying out plans to beef up testing which governors have said is needed before they can open up. and it comes out as the president has lashed out at several governors tweeting liberate michigan and virginia. as the deaths in the united states tops 36,000 people. right now the republican governor of ohio, mike dewine up. they were spending a lot of time talking about testing. i just want to get to this bottom line issue with you. the president of the united states a few moments ago said we have tremendous unused capability in the labs. the governors are responsible for testing. i hope they'll be able to use the tremendous amount of capacity. vice president pence says you have everything you need for phase one reopening. is that true? is there a tremendous amount of excess capacity that you see t

good evening, i'm erin burnett. that was president trump giving the latest update on the pan demming. the president was very angry if you were watching that over the past hour and a half or so trying to rewrite history in response to coronavirus. coronavirus as of today has killed more than 23,000 americans. i want to get straight to our panel who has been standing by as we all have been watching this. john king, let me start with you. the president was extremely angry and lashing out, frankly, multiple times at various reporters. >> erin, the briefing was breathtaking from beginning to when we dropped out and at times bordered on dangerous. the president began with a propaganda video. he played it in the room, cherry picked moments. in this is a trump is awesome video at taxpayer expense played in the white house briefing -- look, the president has done some things right. but the president bristles at the suggestion he's done anything wrong like saying there will not be a pandemic, anybody who needs a test will get

i'm erin burnett. you have been watching members of the coronavirus task force giving the latest update on the pandemic. you were just listening to the president there. and this comes as the president is making the argument it was right to do the shutdown or the death toll could be 10 to 25 times more than it is now, comes as georgia's governor is just announcing he's ready to go ahead of the white house and is doing so, a very aggressive plan to reopen the economy there, gyms, salons, massage therapists can reopen this week even as georgia reports hundreds of new cases. tonight the death toll in the united states has doubled in the past week. now more than 41,800 people. john king, jim acosta, daniel dale, dr. sanjay gupta join me now. sanjay, i want to start with you just because the president wez laying out this case. and one thing he was basically saying obviously this would be 10 to 25 times worse if the shutdowns weren't happening. i'm asking a question looking back in history whether or not they

"erin burnett "out front" starts now. >>> the president say he will issue new guidelines tomorrow. this as los angeles says the city may not hold any major events until 2021. >>> plus top sciencists warning the white house that antibody tests are currently not liable, which is disturbing for people banking everything on them. >>> and thousands protesting the michigan's governor's stay-at-home orders, many people defying those orders. the governor is my guest.

"erin burnett outfront" picks up our special coverage. >>> breaking news as new york and new jersey face their deadliest day yet the head of the cdc says the number of u.s. deaths linked to coronavirus could be less than predicted. >>> and the disproportionate impact that the coronavirus is having on black communities across the country. why? dr. sanjay gupta has a new report and plus new talks about putting the country back to work. what would that even look like? gary cohn is my guest. let's go "outfront." good evening. the breaking ne