Homeland security defends itself, ill talk to a senator proposing a plan to stop federal troops from dropping into cities uninvited. All in starts now. Good evening from philadelphia im ali velshi in for chris hayes. As the Coronavirus Crisis grows worse with each passing day, with cases per capita now increasing in 44 u. S. States and territories, and decreasing in just three, the president today reconstituted his briefings about the virus in an attempt to signal that hes actually doing something about the pandemic raging across this country but donald trump didnt actually do anything in that Briefing Room today didnt wear a mask, he didnt provide useful information. He called it the china virus he claimed the u. S. Has had a better response than most other countries. In other words, he just lied again. Look at this chart the line at the top shows new cases in the United States versus new cases in the European Union and africa never mind the sheer numbers look at the shape of those ch
The United States and all around the world. This is cnn newsroom. Im michael holmes. A warm welcome, everyone. Coronavirus cases are climbing. The crisis is deepening. And time is running out for millions of jobless americans now just days away from losing special Unemployment Benefits theyve been relying on during this pandemic. Senate republicans are set to roll out a 1 trillion relief package on monday, but theyve been fighting for weeks over the size and scope of any new unemployment aid, and there could be a lot more wrangling before any money actually gets to the people who need it. The u. S. Has about a quarter, as we said, of the 16 million covid19 cases worldwide, and this week the country could hit another mark no one wants to see, it marches towards 150,000 lives lost to the virus. On sunday, texas announced it had topped 5,000 deaths, and now parts of the state are facing yet another disaster, reeling from the aftermath of hurricane hanna. Florida is the second biggest epic
Announcer from nbc news, this is decision 2020 100 days to go. This is chuck todd. Hello, everyone, and welcome. After a president ial campaign that has already seemed to last an eternity, we are now just 100 days away from what could be the most consequential election of our lifetimes. Yes, its a phrase thats said a lot, but this time we may mean it. November 3rd, after four years of donald trump, americans will decide what kind of president we want what kind of country we want, and we will do it at a precarious moment in our history. A time of political division, racial strife, economic calamity, and, of course, a deadly pandemic that has now killed about 150,000 americans, and right now with no end in sight. Weve confronted all of these things before as a country. But weve never tried to do it all at once. Needless to say, there is a lot at stake. Over the next hour, were going to take a close look at the state of the race right now, the epic showdown between donald trump and joe bi
Is america because little by little over the last three and a half years this country has changed. Have you noticed it is not the same america we once knew . If you havent, thats part of the point. Thats how democracy starts to slip into authoritarianism. It doesnt happen all at once. But at some point you start to realize that the values of the country that you know and love have been replaced with more sinister ideals by the people in charge. And you realize those sinister ideals are designed to keep those in power in power. It is not about you or us. It is about them. And anything that goes against those sinister ideals, no matter how central they are to the founding of this country gets tossed aside. Rules fail, norms change, institutions begin to crumble. This isnt some futuristic dystopian novel about america. This is america in 2020. America is in crisis. Our democracy is under attack. The historic social unrest, the recession, the ever raging pandemic is bringing those sinister
Will address the pandemic and the hurricane. Approaching there. It comes as the president is drawing a rare rebuke from republicans even one of his predecessors for raising the alarming possibility of delaying the november election. This as more states opt for mailin ballots due to the danger of voting in the pandemic. We should note only congress can delay the election. That said, its part of a larger effort to delegitimize the election in advance. Randi kaye has the top story, that is the approaching hurricane in the midst of a pandemic storm. Reporter absolutely. We are awaiting for the hurricane to approach. 253 deaths yesterday. Florida still leads the nation in new cases, new daily cases. Nearly 10,000 yesterday. 9,956. 50 hospitals in the state are without icu beds at all. They have run out of them. So all of this as were waiting for this hurricane that is brewing out there to come to florida. It is supposed to get here on saturday and then work its way up the east coast. We are