Crucial equipment, and three more states, new york, illinois, connecticut join california ordering people to stay home. Now 75 Million People across the country are on lockdown. Stay where you are. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the u. S. Has surged to more than 18,000 and 258 people have died. In a new stunning report from the Washington Post says the president and other lawmakers were warned by u. S. Intelligence about a possible outbreak as early as january but took no action, even publicly downplaying the threat. Natasha chen in atlantic. Natasha, we know more and more people are being told dont go anywhere unless its absolutely necessary. What else are we hearing in regards to the steps that are expected to be taken in the next few weeks . Right. Christi and victor, all of these steps are in an effort to stop the spread in the communities. With a were seeing in california and followed by other states is the government asking people to please stay home unless theres a
This was a phony. This was a 400pound guy in new jersey. This had the russians didnt do it. Well, its now thoofb the russians were trying to interfere in our election. He actually by the end had to back up. Well, it appears the stress might be getting to him. That was the tweet storm. Welcome to morning joe. Were live in washington on this monday, february 19th. With us we have David Ignatius. Matt miller. Carol lee. And jon meacham who is criminal chully obligated to work on president s day and wear his rugged boots. Jon meacham, theyre duck boots. Theyre not rugged boots. He doesnt really need to wear them. Its a fashion statement i like to say. Exactly. It is. It is. So, jon meacham, my favorite president s day story is bill clinton gathering foreign contributors in the white house and announcing to them, this is the day in america that we call president s day. I thought that was sort of a laugh because, of course, hes getting money from people that did not know what president s day
Picture of the white house. Where pressure is mounting on the president to fire his embattled epa chief. The Associated Press reports scott pruitt visited the white house yesterday to discuss the epas recent steps to roll back obamaera fuel efficiency standards for cars. According to two Administration Officials, pruitt also fought for his job in his meeting with the president. This as white house chief of staff john kelly has reportedly been urging the president to fire pruitt. That is according to the new york times, as well as the wall street journal. But this morning, no clear direction from the white house on whether pruitts job is safe. Im not going to walk through hypotheticals until we have have time to go through a full review. Thats what were doing now. But again the president thinks hes done a good job on the purpose of carrying out the goals of the epa. Will he have a job by midnight tonight . Look, the president is the one who makes those decisions. I cant say we all serve
Saying it was Standard Operating Procedure. This is the transfer of medical information from one office to the other. No, no, its not usually how it works. Kicking down the doors. Special insurance plan. Good morning. Everyone, its wednesday, may 2nd, around the table we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle, president of the council on Foreign Relations and author of the book a world in disarray richard haas. Really disciplined about those. And were happy to have with us former director of the c. I. A. And the nsa, now a principal at the chertoff group, retired general michael v. Hayden the author of the book the assault on intelligence American National security in an age of lies. Which well be talking about a lot this hour and its great to have you on. Its great to have you here. Where do we begin this morning . Theres a lot to get to. Including the happy birthday, mika. Im 51. Thats like weird. A weird age. I was 51 about eight years ago. I had acne. I wonder what the doctor would s