Now comes the news that hes in the icu. His aides insist this, too, is just a precaution in case he needs a ventilator. However, sky news reporting the Prime Minister had trouble breathing and was given oxygen before he was moved to the icu. Were told he remains conscious, but has asked that foreign minister dominic rob step in, quote, where necessary. Ali, good morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us on this. Quite some shocking news yesterday, to say the least. At what point did they realize the Prime Minister needed to be admitted to the icu . Good morning, yasmin. They realized it before 7 00 yesterday evening as his condition worsened. He had been showing persistent symptoms of the covid19 virus. But yesterday, his condition became a lot worse and thats why they moved him into the icu unit. As you mentioned, they did it as a precautionary measure in case he needed ventilation. There are no reports right now that he has been put on a ventilator. All were hearing is that his c
Lot, and this morning we will hear from them. The New York Times got a preview that they have a report on what dr. Anthony fauci will say. He will issue a stark warning to the american people. Hell say that reopening the country too quickly will cause, quote, needless suffering and death. Hell also explain why he believes that reopening too soon will make it harder for us to return to normal. As you know, the majority of states are already easing restrictions, even though none of them meet the white houses guidelines for reopening. And cnn has a new National Poll just out moments ago that shows a majority of americans believe the federal government is doing a poor job with this pandemic. More americans are overwhelmingly afraid or concerned about a second wave of the virus hitting us. So well break down all of those numbers in a moment. As of this morning, more than 80,000 americans have been killed by coronavirus. That is a staggering loss that continues to grow and our hearts go out
Country. So far we have lost more than 92,000 americans. This morning we also reached another major milestone with all 50 states today beginning some form of reopening. Connecticut is the last state to start easing restrictions, joining the pact in the last couple hours. My own reporting from there in just a minute. In 30 minutes new York Governor Andrew Cuomo will give his daily briefing. With every state at some stage of reopening, the cdc quietly released 60 pages of guidelines as they push ahead, guidelines the white house pushed back against as too restrictive. There was no formal announcement of this release, but now more information is out there about how to safely get schools, businesses, transit systems and more up and running. As always, we have our doctor on duty for the hour, dr. Lipi roy, an internal medicine physician and msnbc medical contributor. Well have more with our doctor in just a moment. In florida, more cities in miamidade are beginning to reopen this morning. C
And im yasmin vossoughian. That kind of thing. A lot to cover this morning. This lawsuit is a kind of we follow weeks of protests bellwether for our changing since the death of george floyd. Views on what constitutes legal the president yesterday signing an executive order on policing standing. Is that means that someone that he said would set standards cannot bring a lawsuit in court on the use of force. Unless they have a concrete and would prioritize federal interest in the outcome. A good example is you or me as a grants to Police Departments that meet those standards. Taxpayer, if we dont like a but he had made no mention of particular tax policy, we dont the roiling National Debate over have standing, because we dont racism sparked by recent police have a Strong Enough interest, as compared to everybody else in killings. With president flanked by the country to file a lawsuit to Uniformed Police officers and bring about tax policy change. Union officials, the optics of so, for st
High number of cases. Just this morning, organizers announced they will cancel the new york city marathon, the Worlds Largest marathon because of the pandemic. For those keeping an eye on sports news, baseball is coming back. The Major League Baseball Players Association says it has a deal with mlb, with the league and they will have a shorter season starting in late july. Right now in arizona and texas, the number of coronavirus cases and hospital admissions right now are hitting new highs. Arizona just reported nearly 3,600 new cases. That is a record increase, around 84 of the icu beds in the state are now occupied. In texas, that state just hit an alltime high in new coronavirus cases as well. More than 5,500 in a single day. Even more concerning, hospitalizations have broken records for a second week in a row. We have our team of reporters standing by in both of these states. Nbcs joe fryer is in scottsdale, arizona, nbcs Priscilla Thompson is in houston. Joe, let me start with ar