And what would you say dont expect that is going to be the case. What would you say if the project sponsor [laughter] this is news i know to the director. It has to do with the fact that were putting people in [speaker not understood] with the project sponsor as opposed to staff, okay. What if they offered him the use of one of the condos that the developer will hold, a studio, once a month for anything he wants to do there, meeting or party or whatever, no more than 20 people and he has to get permission from the sponsor and of course subject to the hoa. And then what if they offered to pay part of his personal Legal Expense that the sponsor had caused . Would this maybe be a short conversation . I really think so because i was a federal Civil Servant and i would have more respect for my job and i frankly think that the director would have more respect for his and for his salary and for, you know, his position and responsibility. But when you put this in the hands of people who have i
You can see the exponential increase overed past month. Cases are now growing by tens of thousands nationwide every day. And even the sunniest voices in the administration that repeatedly played down the threat and looked into the camera to tell americans the risk was low, people like Vice President mike pence, they are now saying that we in the u. S. Are on track similar to the hardest hit countries here is the Vice President , quote, we think italy may be the most comparable area at this point. Italy where despite a National Lockdown hospitals are overwhelmed, doctors many whom do not have sufficient medical equipment are being forced to make decisions about who gets the chance to survive and who does not. It did not have to be like this. We did not have to have the worst outbreak in the world. The failure of this administration and this president to take the virus seriously is part of what got us to this point. State and local governments continue to do what they can in this fight b
Thousands nationwide every day. And even the sunniest voices in the administration that repeatedly played down the threat and looked into the camera to tell americans the risk was low like mike pence are now saying we in the u. S. Are on track similar to the hardist hit countries. Here is the Vice President quote, we think italy may be most comparable area to the United States at this point. Italy. Where despite a national lockdo lockdown, hospitals are overwhelmed, doctors, many of whom do not have sufficient medical equipment are being forced to make decisions about who gets a chance to survive and who does not. It did not have to be like this. We did not have to have the worst outbreak in the world. The failure of this administration and this president to take the virus seriously is part of what got us to this point. State and local governments continue to do what they can in this fight because there continues to be not just an absence of federal leadership but active destructive in
Faster than anything else we can do. Some positive news from California Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday. Two weeks ago, he announced the first statewide stay at home order in the United States. It appears to be paying off. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is friday, april 3rd. Joe will be back on monday. Along with willie and me, we have editor in chief of the atlantic magazine, jeffrey goldberg, former treasury official, and morning joe economic analyst steve rattner. And historian and author of the sole of america and rogers profession eal of the presidenc jon meacham. Well dive into the latest numbers. The cases of coronavirus across the globe have now topped 1 million. The u. S. Added almost 30,000 new cases yesterday, with the death toll now approaching 6,000. New york state added more than 9,000 cases yesterday, totaling more than 92,000. More than half are in new york city. The death toll there increased by 188 last night to more than 1,500 total. Hospitals are stretc
Is it a good thing . Of great panel to debate it all. Then the chinese american rivalry. A former treasury secretary says america is suffering a historic defeat at the hands of the worlds rising superpower. What is it and just how bad is it . Ill explain. Also the clock is ticking. Its almost tax day in america and Malcolm Gladwell will explain why in the world it is that americans are, in his view more honest on their taxes than any other people. He says they had no reason to be so why do they do it. People believe in the system. Thats a beautiful thing. First here is my take. At the heart of the concerns surrounding the deal with iran is a simple question. Is iran rational . The answer for many critics of the deal is selfevident. Iranians are apocalyptic israeli Prime Minister netanyahu has often said. He warns that you cant bet on their rationality. Senator Lindsey Graham puts it quite simply i think they are crazy, he said. Israels defense minister reaffirmed the diagnosis recently