Now its time for tthe last word with Lawrence Odonnell . Recession isnt the word that describes the numbers well see tomorrow. This is something else. If the worst that i remember when they finally gave us the ad justed numbers for the way the gdp fell and kept getting readjusted until we got the final numbers and it was this kasim and the worst it got was 700,000, well be order of magnitude beyond that tomorrow. Rachel, i heard you talk about elm hurst hospital, the reporting and New York Times tonight what is going on and the hospital crisis in new york city, one of the reporters of the four reporter whose wrote that just really dramatic and gut wrenching story are going to join us in this hour. Well have a lot more to say about what is going on at elm hurst hospital tonight. Wonderful. Thanks, lawrence. Thank you, rachel. Thank you. Well, no senator or other federal elected official knows more about the Airline Business than sara nelson. That the why sara nelson has been working clo
My favorite get it done people. They know how to get it done and the only thing that gets in the way is politicians. It was great to hear his clarity and my phone was just ringing with texts coming e ing in of p over joyed to get that clarity that you brought up in that discussion with the general. The specificity with which hes speaking about what hes doing and volunteering the urgency of the nature of what hes doing, that hes offering no excuses, talking about his own urgency and the need for everybody else to act urgently and answering questions with specifics what hes doing because theyre actually doing the work and getting it done and leaning forward and trying to do as much as possible. The contrast with Everything Else going on in the federal government, even though he has nothing but kind words to say about everybody else in the federal government. The contrast about hearing him talk about getting the stuff done and executions and defensiveness and nonsense frankly that youre h
Listening to general semonite was a real pleasure. Having worked in government and int rablthed with the army corps of engineers they are just among my favorite get it done people. They always know how to get it done. And the only thing that ever gets in their way is politicians. And it was great to hear his clarity, his directsness. And i have to tell you, my phone was just ringing with texts coming in of people overjoyed to get that kind of clarity that you brought out in that discussion with the general. The specificity with which hes speaking about what hes doing, the fact that hes volunteering the urgency of the nature of what hes doing, that hes offering no excuses, talking about his own urgency, the need for everybody else to act more urgently, and then answering questions with specifics about what hes doing because theyre actually doing the work and getting it done and leaning forward and trying to do as much of it as possible, just the contrast with Everything Else going on in
About shutting things down back then. Despite that, dr. Fauci says he has reason for cautious optimism, citing a decrease in the rate of hospitalizations, icu admissions, and intubations. We have a team of correspondents across the country on this Easter Sunday covering the latest development in the coronavirus outbreak. Lets start with cnns Jeremy Diamond at the white house. So, jeremy, what is the administration saying about this new assessment from dr. Fauci . Well, fred, President Trump said on friday that it might be the biggest decision of his presidency, deciding when he could release those relax those social distancing guidelines and begin to reopen the country. The president is spending the weekend mulling that decision. And today, of course, is the day when he had hoped that he could reopen the country. Easter sunday is the date that the president had talked about a few weeks ago. Of course, since then, the president decided to extend those social distancing guidelines for an