The state of travel in america, and no plan on when it will get back in the air and on the high seas. Im kendis gibson. Im lindsey reiser. Thank you for joining us. We want to go live to pope Francis Holding his Easter Service, on the live stream. Its a twohour service, that started about an hour ago. Nationwide lockdowns and social distancing are keeping worshipers at home and at the vatican. People are prohibited from gathering in the square, where the pope would traditionally give a blessing there. Its interesting watching the choir being social distancing apart, as they sing there. First, lets get the latest headlines. This morning in the u. S. , theres more than 500,000 confirmed cases of covid19, across the country. More than 20,000 people have died. The u. S. Is reaching a grim, new high, as the nation with the most coronavirus cases in the world, surpassing italy for the first time. The countrys death toll has more than doubled over the past week. President trump facing a Publi
President the very best projections. They call it modeling, wolf. They look at whats happened around the world. We think italy may be the most comparable area to the United States at this point for a variety of reasons. So weve built thatted m emodel Vice President mike pence yesterday saying that the white house modeling suggests the impact of the coronavirus in the United States may be most similar to italy. For reference, italy accounts for more than a quarter of all deaths worldwide from the virus, cordi i recording over 12,000 deaths. The death toll could be higher, as one study suggested some elderly victims died alone in their homes because they never made it to the hospital and were never tested for the coronavirus. Willie, that certainly is sobering news from the Vice President of the United States. Italy, of course, has been fighting through this for a month. As the wall street journal investigation uncovered, a lot of people in italy died at home, and they never bothered tes
First up here on msnbc, bracing for the toughest week. The expectations for what lies ahead in the coronavirus epicenter. Well hear from an emergency room doctor. Were somewhere in the sevenday range. They look fine sometimes, but then you look at their vital signs and they dont look fine. Help and hope ventilators coming from far away for new york city, but will it be enough . Crackdown at the beach. More signs in states that social distancing is being taken seriously. Plus, palm sunday at the vatican. The message to the faithful in the midst of a crisis. Good morning, everyone, it is sunday, april 5th. Im alex witt and welcome, everyone. If youre celebrating palm sunday isolated and at home, do enjoy and take care of yourselves. We begin with breaking news on the coronavirus pandemic as this morning there are more than 309,000 cases of coronavirus here in the u. S. Over 8,000 people have died. The president and the White House Task force have a stark warning about this week ahead. Th
Governments. Its conclusions largely undercut President Trumps attacks on the organization. A decade of job gains have now been wiped out by the covid19 crisis. Another 5. 2 million americans applied for Unemployment Benefits last week bringing the total number of jobless claims for the last four weeks to more than 22 million. And the program created to keep Small Businesses afloat has run out of money. The Paycheck Protection Program is no longer taking applications. It has exhausted its funding in less than two weeks. Good afternoon, im katy tur and with me again is brian williams. Brian . Indeed, with an economy in crisis and an election months away, President Trump pushing to reopen the country for business and soon. At this hour the administration conducting a call with governors of all 50 states, and in an effort to convince those leaders to get their states back in business, the white house is exploring ways of dramatically increasing coronavirus testing in the u. S. The preside
Welcome back, im ali velshi. We are nearing a new milestone, almost 700,000 americans have been diagnosed with covid19 in the United States, almost 36,700 have died by our count here at nbc news all in a threemonth period. In fact, on thursday, more americans died of covid19 than in the entire iraqi war. In the last month, 22 million americans have filed for Unemployment Insurance wiping out nearly all of the job gains since the financial crisis. President trump whos not known for his patience continues to become more eager to open the country by the minute, while the experts urge extreme caution. This new opening up, which has that requirement of early case diagnosis and isolation and contact tracings is really embedded as youll see in the phases but still maintaining that personal vigilance, that personal mitigation so that we can continue to limit and protect the vulnerable in this nation. So its important not to let up at all but do this in a prudent, gradual way. As was the case l