Expected february jobs report. Out west, the anxious wait for answers is almost over. Any minute we should be seeing the test results for those stranded cruise ship passengers. Theyll find out soon if they or maybe more likely how many of them have the coronavirus. Everyone on board now being forced to stay in their rooms. Stuck in limbo while officials decide the next move. We have a lot to recover. Our team of reporters are separating facts from fiction. I want to start with hans nichols at the white house. Dom chu watching wall street, Erin Mclaughlin in San Francisco and dr. John torres breaking down what you need to know. Boy, we didnt expect to see this from the president. Calling the reporters in and signing that emergency funding deal. Then saying, hey, he may go to visit the cdc in atlanta after all. Whats up . Well, the president doesnt seem to know. Its up in the air as to whether the president will make this trip. Earlier this morning a senior official said that the trip wa
Need a clear, consistent message from the government and whats become clear so far is from a testing, messaging and an Economic Perspective we need more funding, coordination and preparation. This hour the number of coronavirus cases has passed 500 in the u. S. 21 people have died. Congress acted this week to give 8. 3 billion in extra funding but that comes after years of grinding away at the Public Health infrastructure. Its not as though we didnt have any warning. First, it was asia. Now 16 Million People in northern italy are quarantined including the Financial Center of milan and a quarter of the countrys population as the death toll there spikes above 300. Even the pope who has famously watched the feet of the infirmed video streamed the sunday blessing. Now ten american states have declaured emergencies and there are very real questions of how ready we are to test widely and treat american who is are infected. But the president has been defiant about the administrations response
Former Vice President joe biden, senator Bernie Sanders, their supporters and their surrogates have spread out across the six states that could reshape the race. Both candidates picked up big endorsements just in the last 24 hours. Biden with support from his former rival, california senator Kamala Harris. Sanders secured the backing of the reverend Jesse Jackson. Both candidates received support from gun safety advocate groups. Biden with the brady group. Sanders with march for our lives advocates. How much will these big names impact the ground game, if at all . Nbc road warrior mike memoli is in mississippi with the Biden Campaign and joins us live. Mike, how big a deal is this endorsement, both of senator harris, from the Brady Campaign, in the skop of tcope of the bid campaign . Reporter well, lets start with the Brady Campaign because this really hits on one of the main policy issues that joe biden has used in the last couple of weeks in going after Bernie Sanders on a policy bas
A number of elected officials have come in close contact with coronavirus. Less than an hour ago, senator Lamar Alexander revealed in a statement that one of his Staff Members tested positive for covid19 today. The Senators Office says he has had no symptoms and tested negative as recently as thursday. But out of an abundance of caution, he will not return to washington and instead will selfquarantine in tennessee for two weeks. Senator alexander notes that he will work remotely on tuesday to chair a Senate Committee meeting by video conference. Dr. Fauci and other members of the White House Coronavirus task force will are selfquarantining and will appear virtually as well. Mike pence plans to report for duty at the white house tomorrow after multiple white house staffers tested positive. They include the vicepresident s spokeswoman. Lets talk to nbcs monica alba who covers the white house. Monica, we were told that the vicepresident will continue to follow the advice of the white hous
Poverty line in 2018. A number that surely grown with unemployment skyrocketing to as almost as 15 . The lower end of the income scale of jobs loss. April, 40 of lowwage workers had been laid off or furloughed. More likely to live in close quarters where the disease could easily spread. As thomas freedan had said the pandemic attacks the poor. Joining me now is Bishop William barber and author of the book we are called to be a movement. Bishop barber, this issue predates the covid19 pandemic, how has the pandemic made it worse . Well, the fact the matter is pandemic lives in the wounds of society and we have certainly great wounds when it comes to systematic racism and systematic poverty. Two things you cant separate even though we have to look at it across the board and how it impacts everybody. Before the pandemic we had 140 Million People who were poor and low income. Poverty under the census are less than 30 million. Actual number is 140 Million People, thats 43 of this nation. 700