jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> and anderson starts now. >> erin, thanks very much. good evening.today saw its biggest jump in covid-related deaths. the virus is disproportionately killing black americans. the president expressed his concern today over that fact and we'll talk more about why this is happening to black americans. there was potentially some good news. the director of the cdc is saying because of ongoing social distancing effo

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as jeanne moos reports, dr. fauci now has a new claim to fame. >> reporter: he doesn't mince words. >> that's thoroughly preposterous, untrue and actually ridiculous. >> reporter: he's not one to applaud his own work, and he probably would hide his face if presented with the latest token of love for dr. anthony fauci. >> we feel he is a super hero in our company. >> reporter: and a super hero gets a cape emblazoned with a mask and f for fauci. fauci socks have a toe hold. a pair of them with a stuffed fauci. new england toy company makes plush characters. with part of the proceeds going to charity, prepare for a cuddly version of the doctor. >> he just looks like everybody's grandfather. >> reporter: fauci fans can drink from a handmade mug that one owner calls his cup of reassurance. advance orders for this have been so strong that the national bobblehead hall of famesay it's their best selling bobblehead ever. $25 price tag, 5 bucks goes towards protective gear. already they've presented a check. >> for $100,

here's jeanne moos to get you through self-isolation. >> reporter: if you're sitting home on your couch ♪ >> reporter: pantsless, perhaps. the government of new jersey is admonishing you. >> no more knucklehead parties or gatherings. >> reporter: he and rary david. >> i want to address the idiots out there. >> reporter: are trying to reach the congregators ignoring pleas to stay at home. >> we've got a situation. >> reporter: new jersey even recruited "the situation" from the reality show "jersey shore." >> i have unbelievable mass appeal. >> reporter: to convince the fun-loving masses. >> the time for parties is over. >> reporter: and larry david is doing the same thing for california. >> nothing good ever happens going out of the house, you know that. there's just trouble out there. >> reporter: but even more eyebrow raising are the musical efforts to encourage social distancing from a parody of the vanilla ice classic, "ice, ice baby." by a guy known as the singing dentist to this parody of the "sound of music." ♪ do not fear >> it's safer for the von trapp family to be von trapped a

jeanne moos tells us about the unusual ways people are trying to pass the time. >> reporter: baseballs not even a shadow of its former self. how fans pine for the crack of the bat, the ball in the glove. the bleachers are bleak, the stadiums empty. >> we have to get our sports back. i'm tired of watching baseball games that are 14 years old. >> reporter: if the boston red sox organist can't play at fenway park. >> boston red sox mullet. >> reporter: why not try to take us out of our misery with "take me out to the ball game." streamed live daily from josh can tar's living room, he then takes requests. remember the movie "dodge ball" and parody of espn 8 and ocho -- >> if it's almost a sport, we've got it here. >> reporter: they moved up its annual homage and featured the stupid robot fighting league and the cherry pit spitting competition right down to the slow motion replay of an almost 47 foot pit spit. on actor john cuisine ski's youtube show, joe buck voiced over videos not of major league pitching but a woman pitching laundry into her machine. >> watch this, wham, right off the f

cnn's jeanne moos reports on do-it-yourself corona cuts.hair month. >> reporter: guys, is your hair starting to look like stephen colbert's? gentlemen and ladies, start your engines. put on your kids' lion bib, close your eyes so you don't see them coming at you with the scissors -- >> don't go too high with the razors, okay? why are we going so high? why are you going so high? >> he's getting nervous, folks. >> reporter: even for a neurosurgeon, it's not brain surgery. it's harder! say hello to uneven ends and a devil horns haircut, even a long-distance dye job or a buzz cut by a stylist in a hazmat suit are technically off limits. it's the age of do-it-yourself #coronacuts. >> there's no turning back now. whoa! >> reporter: the timid may opt for the trusty bowl technique, but the bold go all the way. take jennifer shawnsburg, take it off. >> this might not be for everybody. literally have always been curious what i'd look like bald. >> reporter: now she knows, thanks to a dull pair of scissors and a razor wielded over two days. people say

jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >>> and before we go, we'd like to share one woman's remarkable story ofval. i want you to meet angelina friedman. she's now survived two pandemics in her lifetime. she was born on a ship traveling from italy to the u.s. in 1918, during the spanish flu pandemic. now, after surviving cancer and a whole bunch of other things, life, actually, the 101-year-old has just beaten coronavirus. her daughter says friedman ran a fever on and off for several weeks after contracting the virus. well, now she's back to her old self and is already looking to get back to her crochet, as you can see here. well done to her. >>> well, here at cnn, we are constantly working to bring you all the facts and the figures of the coronavirus pandemic, but you can also learn how you can help others and how you can get help. so, please do go to cnn.com/impact. well, thanks so much for your company. let's help our medical workers by staying at home and staying safe. i'm robyn curnow. "new day" with john and alisyn is next. enjoy. i've always loved seeing what's next. and i'm still going

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jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> and thanks very much to jeanne and thanks to all of you for joining usime" star start r now. i don't usually get to hand it off to you, chris, but i'm so glad you're doing better. take it away. >> what a pleasure. i loved watching you here at home. you're doing great job, erin. appreciate it. i'm chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." finally, finally, the white house is saying that it asked states what do they need to get testing right so we can re-open safely? two months in it took them to ask this rudimentary question. so now here we are at step one. planning to get on the same page about testing. trump and pence celebrating, telling you to be proud of this miraculous moment. let's think news and all the trump applaud. this show is about the reality. we have a governor tonight who is on that call with the truth of how we got here and where

jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> and thanks very much to jeanne and thanks to all of you for joining usme time" starts right now. i don't usually get to hand it off to you, chris, but i'm so glad you're doing better. take it away. >> what a pleasure. i loved watching you here at home. you're doing a great job, erin. appreciate it. i'm chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." finally, finally, the white house is saying that it asked states what do they need to get testing right so we can re-open

here's jeanne moos. >> reporter: how would you like to wake up to this at your bedside? personal protective gear may protect the wearer but not the psyche of the patient. >> it looked really menacing. >> reporter: how to even tell your caregivers apart. just wearing a simple mask on streets you realize how weird it is, that your smile no longer translates. does this look like a smile to you? so why not add a little humanity so the patient's eyes go from this to this. respiratory therapist robert rodriguez added a lam nate badge, and just like that became -- >> today's hero of the day. >> reporter: he was memorialized in an illustration. other medical personnel picked up on the idea or spontaneously had it themselves. meet chief of medicine joe veron at houston's united memorial. >> make your patients smile. make your patients smile. they are going through hell right now. >> reporter: at least patients know who they are going through hell with even if it's just a modest polaroid. notice derrick vaulted to internet fame and the part-time actor's handsome photo had people w

. >> the relief pitcher, number 15, jeanne moos!k you for joining us. anderson continues our coverage now. >>> and good evening, everyone. today the death toll from coronavirus rose above 28,000 and state governors across the country crap ld with the question, when, how and to what extent they could try to re-establish some kind of normalcy. today the state governors also learned something about the president of the united states because once again today the president spent a large part of what has become a substitute for his political rallies the coronavirus task force briefing he spent it boasting his accomplishments. accomplishments he's yet to accomplish and blame. he's eager to

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jeanne moos reports. >>you like to wake up to this that your bedside personal protective gear may protect the wearer but not the psyche of the patient, it look really menacing how do you even tell your caregivers apart. during a simple mask on the street you realize how weird it is. >>but your smile no longer translate does this look like a smile to you. >>add a little humanity, so the patients eyes go from this to this respiratory therapist robert kino rodriguez added a laminated badge and just like that became today's hero of the day he was memorialized in an illustration other medical personnel either picked up on the idea or spontaneously had at themselves meet keefe of medicine show her houston's united memorial make this might make your patients might then going through my right now at least patients know who they're going through hill even if it's just a modest polaroid most derek devolved vaulted to internet fame. the part-time actors handsome photo had people wondering you know, but is the single

jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> and thanks very much to jeanne and thanks to all of you for joining us"cuomo prime time" starts right now. i don't usually get to hand it off to you, chris, but i'm so glad you're doing better. take it away. >> what a pleasure. i loved watching you here at home. you're doing a great job, erin. appreciate it. i'm chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." finally, finally, the white house is saying that it asked states what do they need to get testing right so we can re-open safely? two months in it took them to ask this rudimentary question. so now here we are at step one. planning to get on the same page about testing. trump and pence celebrating, telling you to be proud of this miraculous moment. let's think news and all the trump applaud. this show is about the reality. we have a governor tonight who is on that call with the truth of how we got here and where we need to be. okay? now, what we have to talk about is the worry of why you don't want to go too soon. we all want to re-open, but look at georgia, we have atlanta's mayor who has eyes on the ground

jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> and anderson starts now. >> erin, thanks very much. good evening. new york state today saw its biggest jump in covid-related deaths. the virus is disproportionately killing black americans. the president expressed his concern today over that fact and we'll talk more about why this is happening to black americans. there was potentially some good news. the director of the cdc is saying because of ongoing social distancing efforts, we may see fewer fatalities than recent modelling projected. here's what he said. >> even those models that were done, they assume that only 50% of the american public would pay attention to the recommendations. in fact, it would seem a large majority of the american public are taking the social distancing recommendations to heart. i think that's a direct consequence why you're seeing the numbers are going to be much, much, much lower than would have been predicted by the models. >> the president continued to use what's supposed to be a factual briefing by the coronavirus task force to rewrite the history of his administrati

. >> jeanne moos, cnn. >> i love you. >> new york. >> and everything in the whole world seems to be happening zoom right now. chris cuomo is ready to take it over. our coverage continues now with you, chris. you doing zooms? >> can't stop love, erin. what do i have to zoom for? i do this. this is my zoom. have a good night. i'm chris cuomo and welcome to "prime time." federal guidelines to slow the spread are set to expire tomorrow. no state appears to have met the benchmark to reopen, that is 14 straight days of declining number of cases. not one state has met it. the president's leadership in this moment, i'm not really sure about needing testing after all. really? for the love of logic, just two

. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> and thanks so much to you for joining us. anderson continues our coverage now. >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us. the day after saying that his authority to tell states when to lift coronavirus restrictions is quote total president trump tonight reversed himself without acknowledging that he was reversing himself completely. at a briefing that was preceded by a day of jousting with democratic governors over this very issue as more americans died or fell ill the president said doesn't that governors, not him, will decide when to reopen their states. >> i will be speaking to all 50 governors very shortly, and i will then be authorizing each individual governor of each individual state to implement a reopening and a very powerful reopening plan of their state at a time and in a manner as most appropriate. the day will be very close because certain states, as you know, are in much different condition and in a much different place than other states. it's going to be very, very close, maybe even before the date of may 1st

even man's best friend chimed in. [ dog barking ] >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. shall >> and thanks for watching. anderson starts now. >> reporter: and good evening. the white house coronavirus task force completed a stark and stunning presentation in the last hour warning what the president called a very painful two weeks ahead. according to the latest projection presented by scientists on the task force today, 100,000 to 240,000 people in this country will die in the weeks and months ahead. 100,000 to 240,000. and that is with current stay at home orders and social distancing efforts. that is certainly not good news, but when you compare it to the alternative, it just might be. on a chart called goals of community mitigation also presented by the task force, we saw estimates of what would happen without isolation and mitigation efforts. 1 million people in this country could die, possibly many more than that. so let me make it clear. according to best estimates embraced by the nation's top scientists, if we were not following stay at home orders or social dista

15, jeanne moos! >> reporter: i don't have a ball let alone a ball game. >> and thank you for joining us. anderson continues our coverage now. >>> and good evening, everyone. today the death toll from coronavirus rose above 28,000 and state governors across the country crap ld with the question, when, how and to what extent they could try to re-establish some kind of normalcy. today the state governors also learned something about the president of the united states because once again today the president spent a large part of what has become a substitute for his political rallies the coronavirus task force briefing he spent it boasting his accomplishments. accomplishments he's yet to accomplish and blame. he's eager to reopen the country and said so again today. what he did not do was provide any evidence that his administration has taken the steps needed for that to actually happen safely in a way that won't trigger new outbreaks and cost more lives. the president has both derided and claimed that is

jeanne moos, cnn. >> got a dollar bill. >> reporter: new york. >> and cnn's coronavirus fact and fearsegins now. ♪ ♪ >> thanks for joining us. i'm anderson cooper in new york. >> i'm dr. sanjay gupta. this is our cnn town hall coronavirus facts and fears. >> this is our 8th consecutive town hall. the way we put the town halls has changed with the knowledge of the virus, but we intend to keep on rolling with the changes and doing them for as long as we can. as for the circumstances for tonight's edition, dr. anthony fauci described them this way. this is, he said, a very critical time. he said the d

jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> thanks for watching. ac 360 starts right now. >> and good evening, everybody. just a short time ago president trump and his task force wrapped up another coronavirus briefing. they report that the nation's stockpile much needed equipment, gloves and other medical supplies is near depletion. ppe. quoting president trump, it is because we're sending it directly to hospitals. well, earlier today new york city's mayor said they need millions of specialized masks by sunday. connecticut's governor ned lamont said it's a scramble for supplies and quoted it's a bit of a mess out there. we'll speak to michigan's governor in just a few moments. also today several more states finally doing what most scientists have been suggesting for sometime, announcing stay at home orders today. florida's republican governor ron desantis issued one finally carving out an exception for houses of worship. just a day ago the governor was holding out from declaring an order citing there was no guidance from the white house then yeste

jeanne moos, cnn. >> got a dollar bill. >> reporter: new york. >> and cnn's coronavirus fact and fears town hall begins now. ♪ ♪ >> thanks for joining us. i'm anderson cooper in new york. >> i'm dr. sanjay gupta. this is our cnn town hall coronavirus facts and fears. >> this is our 8th consecutive town hall. the way we put the town halls has changed with the knowledge of the virus, but we intend to keep on rolling with the changes and doing them for as long as we can. as for the circumstances for tonight's edition, dr. anthony fauci described them this way. this is, he said, a very critical time. he said the different parts of the country are dealing with different stages of the outbreak and points on the road back to normal. >> we're going to talk about what that all means tonight in real world terms for you. with one of his colleagues on the coronavirus task force, commissioner steven hawn, we'll be taking your questions. we'll talk about what the president said at the briefing about using ultraviolet light inside the body or injecting a disinfectant to kill the virus. also joining u