The april jobs report is out this morning. United states lost a record 20. 5 mill jun jobs last month. The Unemployment Rate has spiked to 14. 7 . Thats up from just 4. 4 in march. Its the highest level of unemployment in the United States of america since the great depression. Right now more than 1. 25 million cases of coronavirus so far, more than 76,000 americans have died. Just this morning, President Trump says hell be getting tested in the future for coronavirus antibodies. We have our doctor on duty, dr. Cory ayber is with us. We want to start with our team of reporters covering the devastating impact of the jobs numbers. Lets go right now to nbcs Senior Business correspondent stephanie ruhle. Steph, what are you hearing from Small Business owners . Reporter well, obviously 20 Million People in a month is a massive number, but remember, those people are receiving Unemployment Benefits, so they do have some sense of financial security. But what i really want people to remember, there is no historical perspective. These jobs werent naturally shedded because there was no demand. There is demand. We turned off the economy. Look where i am on the Atlantic City boardwalk. All these businesses would love to be open. Theyre not open because were facing a pandemic. So demand is still there, trust me. I have 10 in my pocket. Dog. I cant because were addressing this pandemic. So demand will come back, but you cant expect it to come back with gusto. Right now one in five americans who still have a job have faced a pi cut. We still have huge Health Issues out there. So people wont be rushing back to spend. Yes, 20 billion is a big number. When the number is that big and the demand comes back, its going to take some time for that to happen. I will say, the number one thing im hearing from Small Business owners right now is theyre scared, craig, theyre scared theyre going to get squeezed out. This shop sells beach chairs, surf boards and games. Theyre not entirely closed. You can go down the block to a walmart and brie hand sanitizer, toilet paper and paper towels, but you can buy all those other goods. My takeaway is the biggest will survive. The small guy out there is getting squeezed out. Theyre getting squeezed out now while theyre shut down. Theyll likely get squeezed out as we push forward and they struggle because they have no idea when theyre going to reopen. Steph, to your point here, you mentioned the markets. Theyre up. In fact, we were just showing viewers at home how up they are, if you will. Why isnt there more of a correlation between the stock market and these abysmal employment numbers . Reporter listen, theres clearly a disconnect and maybe there will be some level of a catchup. Remember, the stock market is forward looking. U. S. Stocks are still considered better than other places around the world. Youve got to think about all the support coming in from the fed. The really sad truth is, theyre going to squeeze out the little guy. Those big giant businesses are going to be able to pivot. Theyre going to be able to test their employees. Theyre going to be able to do the temperature takers. Its the Small Businesses here, the restaurants that cant switch to fast casual and drivethrough and pickup, the mom and pops. Theyre going to lose out entirely. We could lose main street america, and those big box giants might only get bigger. Those are the ones you see in the stock market and publiclytraded markets. Stephanie ruhle for us on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, thanks as always, my friend. We got one signal this morning from new Jersey Governor Phil Murphy with regards to those beaches and towns all along the jersey shore. Earlier on today, the governor told me hes looking at the possibility of reopening beaches in time for memorial day weekend with some caveats. Assuming the Health Curves continue to go in the right direction, and thats the big, most important if, and secondly, if folks accept it wont be the same, in terms of it will be a new normal. Probably capacity restrictions, enforcing social distancing, at least those two things. But were going to try to give guidance to folks sooner rather than later. Lets head west now to arizona where some businesses are being allowed to reopen today. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is in covid19 nicks. Were seeing some shops reopen today, even though there have been three consecutive days where the death toll hit new highs. How is it going to work there . Reporter exactly, craig. This is a state where the governor is efforting, trying to open up businessing, small and medium sized businesses are allowed to reopen today as well as barber shops and hair salons. At the same time, you just said it, the last three days have been the three highest single day death tolls that the state has recorded from covid19 to date. All this while the state is trying to reopen the economy. Of course, just in the last two months, more than 500,000 arizonans have filed for unemployment claims. Thats why when youre talking to folks in the Retail Business and places like this hair salon, people are eager to get back to work and begin, not only to see their customers, but bring in a little money. I want to introduce to you my hairstylist and friend laura who i grew up with, over to my left. Ive antagonized her enough over the course of my life, i want to introduce you to her friend valley sierra. Youre opening up. Give everybody your take. Well, precautions were taking are, we have a list here. Ill ask if they had a temperature, are they coughing, any symptoms of the covid . If they say yes, they have to go home, see their doctor. Once they get in here, ill offer a mask if they dont have one. Well do things like get rid of magazines and make sure everything is clean. We have our lysol and hand sanitizer, and, of course, regular precautions we do as hair dresser. Were mandated by state law wash your hands and keep your combs clean which are standard in hair salons, but were going to ramp it up. Youve essentially had no business over the last almost two months. What does it mean to get back now . What it means is yay it means happy customers, getting back to some normal see are you supportive of the governors decision . Zblim supportive of his decision, yes. You can also do this while keeping safe . Yes. Reporter craig, thats valley here from phoenix. Vaughn hillyard in phoenix, thank you. Lets go to pennsylvania now where that state is split. Youve got 24 counties starting to partially open back up. The rest of the state is still under a stayathome order. Msnbcs Senior National correspondent Chris Jansing is in bucks county, pennsylvania, where that order is still in place. Chris, how do people there feel about remaining under the stayathome order when theyve got neighbors who are able to go out and conduct business . Reporter that is the key question. Look, everybody wants to stay safe, wants to stay healthy, but there is growing concern and confusion about whats happening here in pennsylvania. I can show you a map. The state has a threetier reopening plan, red, yellow, green, just like a stop light. The yellow areas today are able to reopen. A lot of the retail, in place, to reopen. Where i am in bucks county is the red. Stayathome order and only you come back here, take a look at this beautiful place where im standing. This is peddlers village. Its lots of charming shops, restaurants. They have live events here evidence every month. All this remains closed because theyre remaining in the red. Right at the start of the busy tourist season, they get weekenders from new york city, from philadelphia. A big concern ive heard over and over again is theyre worried that even longtime customers will choose to go elsewhere. Places that are in the yellow, you just talked to the governor of new jersey. They go to new jersey and maryland beaches if theyre open. Here is what a local Restaurant Owner told me just a short time ago. You literally could have a situation where you go an hour, two hours to the west, you can go to a restaurant, retail shop, maybe even a movie. So we probably will lose business to them if we trail them by a month or two or three months. Thats a real concern. Were very worried. Its the difference between even being able to reopen, losing enough money where its not sustainable, you cant stay open anymore. Reporter so how do they decide who stays closed . Its based on the number of covid positive cases. The folks, the commissioners here in bucks county, similar to the state, have said, look, most of our cases are actually in nursing homes. We believe the rest of this county is safe and we should be able to reopen. The answer they got is no. So everything is up in the air, and one more level of confusion, right around the corner from where i am is this darling little shop that sells honey, honey products. He got a letter this week saying actually you are an essential business because raw honey is considered medicinal, you can reopen. Take a look. Where is the foot traffic. He says he only does about 2 of his business online. The businesses ive talked to are doing between zero and 20 of sustainable and no indication of when theyll be able to reopen. Craig. Chris jansing in bucks county,pa. Thank you so much. Let me bring in acting secretary of labor under president obama, seth harris. Seth currently teaching at Cornell Universitys institute for public affairs. Seth, as we dig into these numbers a little more that came out a few hours ago, the struggles of Small Businesses specifically, businesses that chris was just highlighting. What concerns you the most . Im concerned that a lot of those Small Businesses may not survive this economic recession were experiencing. I think theres some expectation that were going to very, very quickly bounce back, and steph was talking about pentup demand and people were going to come out and shop. Were seeing a lot of hesitance among customers to go into retail shops, restaurants, other Small Businesses just because theyre worried about the health risk. In the latest jobs report you were talking about earlier in the show, we saw that almost 90 of workers believe themselves to be temporarily laid off. If thats true, then thats good news for the economy, and those people will bounce right back and get back into their old jobs and theyll be able to support their families. But it will be intriguing to see over the next month or two if that number stays quite as high. If people are, a, not able to get back into their old jobs, if their businesses disappear or go into bankruptcy and shrink dramatically, our recovery is going to be slow and even more painful than it is right now. You noted on twitter yesterday that roughly one in five workers in our country has filed for unemployment since mid march. To put that into some perspective again, its difficult to put things in perspective these days because these waters are so uncharted. This is the third time in 70 years that unemployment has jumped past 10 . Seth, is it true that that number may not actually totally be accurate, that the number may be several Percentage Points higher if thats the case . How can they be . The Unemployment Rate reported today, 14. 7 does understate the effect on our economy. So a number a few other numbers that will help to clarify it, craig. The number of people who simply left the labor force meaning theyre not looking for work anymore, that number doubled. The number of people working part time when they would like to be working full time, that number doubled, and there was a dramatic growth in a classification that bls uses that calls employed but on leave, employed but absent from work. Unclear whether those people are being paid or not being paid. If you add all of those folks up, we could be at a 24 or so outofwork rate which would be the highest since the great depression. So we have to be a little careful about latching on to one number. On the whole the report gives us a dismal picture, accurate picture, but we have to look broadly across the report to understand all the implications. According to the governor, new jersey sent out about 1. 9 billion in unemployment in just two months. The Treasury Department says california has been the first state to borrow federal money to sustain Unemployment Benefits. How long can states, seth, how long can states survive this burden . Theyll be allowed to borrow for their statement Unemployment Benefits, trust funds, as long as they need to. I have no question in my mind that the federal government is going to allow that borrowing probably at no interest or very little interest. I think we dont want states to have to worry about whether they can pay Unemployment Benefits right now. There will be a reckoning down the road where were going to have to work with states so they can ramp up either their taxes or cut their benefits so that they can afford to refilm their trust funds, but in a crisis, thats not what we do. We just let them borrow from the federal government and pay what they need to pay. Remember, craig, the demand that steph was talking about earlier in the show really depends upon ordinary working people, including those people that were unemployed, having enough money to spend. 70 of our economy is built on consumption. If consumers dont have money in their pockets, if they cant pay their bills, if they cant buy online, if they cant pay for groceries, thats really going to send us into a long lasting economic depression. Those Unemployment Benefits are critical, and i think people in washington and the states understand that. Seth harris, former acting labor secretary under president obama. Thank you very much, sir. Our doctor on duty is dr. Cory abare, a practicing physician, assistant professor at Louisiana State university and tulane. Good to have you back, sir theres a new abc news ipsos poll out and they asked people whether they agree with this statement. Opening the country is not worth it because it will mean more lives lost. 64 agreed. Dr. Abare, from a medical perspective, is right now the right time for businesses across the country to be reopening . I do not think this is the right time for businesses to reopen. Ill tell you, craig, its very, very straightforward. We have to chase facts. Thats whats most important. We have to deal with data and not dates. Once we start to do things that will endanger people, thats when we start we have to get really, really careful about how we do this. Dont get me wrong. We all know the economy is very important and it has to drive everything. When we look at the response of this, we did not do a real good job at the beginning and now were trying to catch up. But also pivot to say some peoples lives are not as important as other poems lives. When you open up a big city like new york city or l. A. , when we know those are unite tis areas for the infection, when you do that, who is going to be operating the hair salons, the food chains and all these things. Its going to be poor people or people of color. Theyre going to be on the front lines, let alone the people dealing with the actual front line care of the covid19 patient. We must understand that we do not want a boomerang effect. What will happen is, in the next 120 days, if this starts to come back up and we also have flu season and we know the virus has mutated, so its hard for us to have a vaccine in january that we know, and theres going to be a big flu outbreak at the same time, do we really want this just so we can actually go have a hamburger, and i think its a very faulty way to do things. I think it should be more of a consolidated approach at the federal level as opposed to a bunch of cowboys in different states deciding what they want to do. Its not appropriate. Even the cdc came out with the guidance to reopen and it was shelved by the white house for their people. We have the cdc, the most comprehensive Research Facility in the entire world and their reopening plan got shelved. Public health is a fourlegged school. Politics, economy, public outcry and science. Science is always last but it should always be first. Public outcry is pushing for these things to reopen. Public outcry can never be the number one reason we do anything when it comes to science and health. Dr. Herbert, thank you. Stand by. I want to come back to you in just a little bit. 74 days after an unarmed black man was shot and killed while jogging in georgia, his family is seeing something they were not sure they would, murder charges for the two suspects. Ahmaud arberys father will join me to talk about his son on what would have been his 26th birthday. Ill be joined by the familys attorney to walk us through the next steps in this case. Rough t next steps in this case. Confident financial plans, calming financial plans, complete financial plans. Theyre all possible with a cfp® professional. Find yours at letsmakeaplan. Org. Theyre all possible with a cfp® professional. Hey allergy muddlers. Achoo . Do your sneezes turn heads . Try zyrtec. It starts working hard at hour one. And works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Zyrtec muddle no more. 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Across this country people are planning to run 2. 3 miles in honor of ahmaud and what he was doing when he lost his life. Today would have been Ahmaud Arberys 26th birthday. I want to bring in Marcus Arbery, sr. He is ahmauds father, and ben crump, attorney for the arbery family. Marcus, im so very, very sorry for your loss, sir. Tell us a little bit about your son. Who was Ahmaud Arbery . He just was a young, very well respected young man. He just loved people, and he was the kind of young man that, if he had a dollar and you asked him for that one dollar, he would give it to you. His heart was bigger than life. I tell you, he just loved people, was a good young man. He just was outgoing with everybody. He just loved the people. He just didnt deserve to go out like that. Today, again, would have been his birthday. What did he like to do on his birthday . How would he have likely celebrated turning 26 . Hang around with friends and stuff like that, try to put some meat on the grill. Hed just want to be around all the friends. He was a people young man. So those are the things hed try to do, just trying to keep everybody happy. Marcus, how did your son want to spend his life . Working out, training. He always loved to work out. He was a workout fanatic. He picked that up from me because thats what i did all my life, keeping my body in shape and stuff like that. He was the same way. He loved to keep his body in shape. How are you holding up, sir . I cant imagine losing a son. How are you doing this morning . Im doing pretty good. Its hurtful, though. Ive just got to be strong for the rest of my family. Ive got to be strong for my two children and for their mamma, too. Ben crump, let me turn to you for a moment, sir. The two suspects, both white, father and son. Theyve been charged with aggravated assault and murder. Whats next in this it clear, craig, the reason we got an arrest was not because the Law Enforcement officials saw the video. It is because we saw the video. They saw the video from the beginning, and yet they did not arrest this murderous duo who executed Ahmaud Arbery on that horrific video tape. So the d. A. Who is now on the case, he saw the video, too, craig. And for all this time, they failed to arrest these killers. There was probable cause from day one when you looked at that videotape. So we have to make sure we remain vigilant. Were very distrustful. We are asking for a special prosecutor to be put on this case because this d. A. Had all this evidence, but yet did not make an arrest until the public outcry. It wasnt until we saw the video that they arrested them. Ben, when i saw the video the first time actually the only time because i could only watch it once, i was reminded a number of years ago in North Charleston when an officer shot and killed walter scott. That cell phone video generated outcry and arrest as well. Theres now talk that whoever shot that video could be in trouble, that that person could be arrested. Do you know first of all, do you know who shot the video . Are you at all concerned that if thats something that happens in the future, cases like this could go another way . Craig, were always concerned when a black person is killed by a quasi white Law Enforcement official, because the history is that normally theyre not held accountable. We have these two Justice Systems in america, one for black america and one for white america. We really have to have one Justice System for the United States of america so people like Ahmaud Arbery and so many countless other hashtags wont be swept under the rug, and this accomplice. His name is believed to be William Bryan who was in the other vehicle who recorded the video, it is our understanding that the Georgia Bureau of investigations is going to arrest him as well. Any idea when . Well, its 75 days and counting now. It has been ten weeks. We believe, craig, if the roles were reversed, as Marcus Arbery had said on many occasions, if it was he and ahmaud in that pickup truck with a shotgun and a 357 magnum and they chased Greg Michaels unarmed young white son while he was jogging and killed him, they know they would have been arrested on day one, and they probably would still be in jail now with no bond. What we expect is whatever you would have done had the roles been reversed, is what we expect you to do in the name of justice for Ahmaud Arbery. We cannot allow this to keep happening in america because marcus and wanda and their family, they want more than anything else, an arrest was a good birthday gift. But what they really want is ahmaud back. Marcus, this case has gotten a lot of attention and has caught the attention of former Vice President and apparent democratic nominee joe biden. He says your family deserves justice. There have been a number of highprofile folks who have come out and said the same thing. Marcus, what does justice look like for you and your family . It should have been going like its going now from the jump. Those guys, doing a lynching like that, they should have been arrested on the spot. They shouldnt let them go home and rest in their beds for 72 days. They should never have been free that long. Justice should have been served. Law enforcement, quit failing america because aint no man above the law. This never would have went this far. They would have been in jail. Marcus arbery, again, sir, so very sorry for your loss. Thank you for your time this morning. Yes, sir. Ben crump, thank you as well, thank you for your time as well. Thank you, craig. Well be right back. Today, were adapting to staying home and finding new ways to take of ourselves. But you can still screen for colon cancer. Because when caught in early stages, its more treatable. So, dont wait. Cologuard is colon Cancer Screening done at home. You can request it from home too. 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Lets go to nbcs hans nichols at the white house. Hans, roughly the same time yesterday word that one of President Trumps valleys tested positive. Now someone close to the Vice President. What more do we know . Reporter we know this person wasnt scheduled to travel with the Vice President today. The Vice President had his flight delayed, though. Members of the pool that always travel with him, did see some Staff Members and the Vice President leave the plane. The plane took off without them. What im told according to a Senior Administration official is that the staffer who tested positive on the vps staff was not on the plane. As you mentioned, this comes about 24 hours after we learned that the president himself, his own valley, one of a few valets that serve him in a personal capacity tested positive. Now, the president this morning said the last time that he had any contact with that valet was on tuesday and that both hee and the Vice President had been tested since then and had tested negative. Were also told that theyre doing daily tests at the white house for all staffers that come in close proximity to the white house. That had been more on a weekly basis. So some of the protocols had changed. Well get back to you when we have anything more on this staffer, how much contact that staffer had with the Vice President , potentially the president and other members of the west wing staff. As you know as well as anyone, craig, people work in close proximity, and the insight we have into the west wing, theres not a lot of indication that people are Wearing Masks inside. Thats not to say that some people arent, but the information we have indicates that hans nichols at 1600 pennsylvania, thank you. 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That includes places like rural georgia where even small isolated communities in the Appalachian Mountains are seeing the slow spread. Nbcs ellison barber is in raven gap, georgia. Its a tragic story of one familys battle with coronavirus. Ellison, what happened here . Reporter in the state of georgia, coronavirus cases continue to climb. We are now close to 32,000 confirmed cases in georgia. Here in northeast georgia, the virus has been slower to spread, but when it came knocking on one familys door, there was no stopping it. Reporter when the sun rose over these Appalachian Mountains, you would find terry ahern here reading her bible in the rocking chair. Her husband sam remembers the first time he met her. Her beauty first, just stunning, stop you in your tracks. Her outward beauty was very much surpassed by her inward beauty. Reporter for 44 years they built a life together. She became a mother to her daughter and mimi to her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She wanted everyone around her all the time. She just laughed, it was contagious. Reporter two weeks ago terry went to bed with a headache. The next morning it was worse, so sam drove her to a nearby hospital thinking it was a stroke. I got to hug her and kiss her and tell her i loved her. Little did i know, little did i know reporter it was the last time sam saw terry. As doctors battled to save her life, medical tests revealed shocking news, terry had covid19. Somehow in this remote, isolated part of northeast georgia, coronavirus has nestled in these hills. She has masks and gloves all in her car, hand sanitizer, everything weve been told to do shes done. Reporter a week ago the family had to say goodbye like so many families in this coronavirus time in a video call. When we told her we loved her, all she could muster was a grunt, but we know she heard us. We just know. Its just unimaginable to say goodbye to your mother over a zoom call. Its just not fair. Reporter a nurse asked sam if terry had a favorite song. She did. Victory in jesus. With the nurse holding her song, terry heard her favorite hymn again. A short time later she passed away. Im still in shock, and i cant oh of its hard to grasp. Reporter on monday at Rabun Gap Presbyterian Church where my dad is the minister, family and friends came to honor our be loved terry. Im so sorry. Reporter for over an hour a recession of some 250 cars paid their respects. I cant wait to hug you and not let you go. Reporter socially distanced with mags, air hugs and blown kisses. As the cars drove away, a last hymn to celebrate the life of terry ahern wafted from the church, her favorite. Reporter victory in jesus. Terry kept a bag packed by her door at all times. Her family says she wanted to be ready to go in case her children or grandchildren needed them, to get in the car and go in a moments notice. They say thats the most devastating thing about all of this, that when she needed them the most, they couldnt be there. Craig. Ellison barber for us there in rural georgia, thank you. Thank you for sharing her story, ellison. Meanwhile, in the last few minutes, President Trump has made his way to the world war ii memorial in washington, d. C. This is the 75th anniversary of ve day, victory in europe day. President trump there with First Lady Melania Trump at the memorial, marking the occasion with a wreath laying ceremony. Theres the scene there at the world war ii memorial. Meanwhile, countries in europe are slowly starting to open back up. There are a lot of lessons we can learn from those countries. Were going to go inside an Italian Hospital thats using some pretty innovative methods to deal with the virus. First, though, we want to take a moment to hear from two medical workers who are fighting the virus here at home. My ses saj message to nurses front lines is that i know this is tough and every day is an unknown, but you can do this, and we have to stay strong. If anyone can be in and out of ppe all day long and holding the hands of our sick patients when their family members cant be there, its us nurses, and you really are a true life superhero. My message would be for everyone to just hang in there and find support in your coworkers, your friends and your family. This morning hospitals in italy are finally seeing a dramatic decrease in the number of coronavirus cases. There just a few days ago that country saw its lowest dale dwrij to daily death toll since march 9. Now more people have recovered from the virus than are currently infected. We went inside one of the hardesthit areas in all of europe to see where things stand now. Reporter this is the covid ward in bargh amow, one of the hardesthit cities in all of italy and some say the hardesthit place in the entire world per capita. Just weeks ago this hospital was receiving 100 patients every single day, many in severe conditions. There are still patients here but not nearly the same number as before. Now theyre only receiving one to two new Covid Patients each day. Before about 75 of the staff in this hospital were dedicated to treating covid. Now its down to about 15 . Some of it a doctor said is because this virus hits like a storm. It comes, it hits hard and then it moves on. But he said it doesnt move on, on its own t can shorten the time by doing the most damage from social distancing, wearing a mask. And also theyve gotten smarter about dealing with the disease inside the hospitals themselves. One of those things is right here. This line on the ground. It may seem like a small thing. But on one side of it is the most dangerous area, the place where the patients are kept. This line on the ground serves as a visual reminder for the doctors that when they cross it and they go near the patients, they need to have all of this protective gear on. So theyre getting smarter about dealing with it and with the numbers going down, theyre finally optimistic. Richard enle, nbc news. Lets bring in our dr. Hebert. What should we be learning from italy as its recovering from the toughest point of this pandemic . I think what italy did and you should always do during a pandemic and thats have a true acknowledgment of whats going on, believe it and have a willingness to act at all levels. You should consolidate your entire supply chain and have regular uniform standards generated so the whole message can be the same and then the goal will be flattening the curve. If you see that in that way, we have devised these things so you can actual politic it through a covid19 pandemic in your particular area but those steps are the steps you need to handle to make sure theyre okay. And ask if we didnt do that in the United States from the beginning and thats why were in the situation were in and theyre in the situation theyre in. Dr. Hebert, really quickly, going back to allison barbers great report that we also just saw before the break, do you expect we will see more cases in rural areas as we move forward . Absolutely. It is an infectious prairie fire about to start in rural america. They have no access. Their food insecure. About 40 of the people dont have any place to get food, especially after the covid19 outbreak. We know their hospitals are 30 Miles Per Hour at best and were talking about not having ventilators in places, these places dont necessarily have hospital or hospital beds. So when you think about the children in this population who god forbid that dire situation in england starts to come over here, thats going to make a dire situation more devastating for our children. They have a really bat setup for failure. So what we must do is do the thing i mentioned and get everything on one page for their survival, i think so. Dr. Corey hebert, thank you for your time this hour. Try to enjoy your weekend if you can, sir. Thats going to do it for me on this friday. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo set to give his dale kbriily bra few minutes from now. Hes in poughkeepsie today. When it starts, we will bring it to you live. Also next hour, Eric Garcetti will join Andrea Mitchell. Can, sir. Mitchell. Mitchell. Mitchell. You doing okay . Yeah. This moving thing never gets any easier. Well, xfinity makes moving super easy. I can transfer my internet and tv service in about a minute. Wow, that is easy. Almost as easy as having those guys help you move. 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