in which we are working. and what shape in which we are working. and what shape our in which we are working. and what shape our cinemas in financially? financially? there is no denying financially? there is no denying that financially? there is no denying that covid i financially? there is no denying that covid was | financially? there is no. denying that covid was a massive hit to the sector, as so many others. we estimate across the 18 months now that covid has been with us that the sector as a whole was lost something like £2 billion. there is a great deal of optimism and confidence in the sector as it returns and indeed we have seen a number of cinemas open that would tilt during the pandemic closedown. there is no denying the impact to the sector but there is a great deal of confidence that the recovery is under way and will continue over the coming weeks and months. bud will continue over the coming weeks and months. will continue over the coming weeks and months. and
vaccination rate and yet they just announced that they re shutting down l.a. county and requiring again mask mandates for being indoors. so what could possibly be happening in a state like california? because you have a lot of people vaccinated but apparently the virus is still spreading enough that the state is moving towards what might be another closedown. yeah, this is sadly, jason, exactly what public health officials, epidemiologists and other scientists predicted. when you have variants actually, let me rephrase that. when you have large pockets of still unvaccinated people. remember, california is not 100% vaccinated. there s a large volume of people who are unvaccinated. along with this virus that is circulating and mutating, i mean it is not going anywhere. you are going to get people who are going to get infected. and so to your point, yeah, masking i think that s going to be the recommendation again, masking, especially with the variants circulating. but again, i want
democrats are still demanding that any kind of a budget fix to keep the government open by friday be tied to some kind of a deal on daca. the question is, can republicans actually get enough votes, enough democrats on board to vote to keep the government open? that s what it s coming down to today. as we re now just what, 24 hours away from a potential closedown of the government here going dark. lewis, back to you. thanks to hallie jackson for that report. house democrats and members of the black caucus are scheduled to formally censure president trump about his comments. that does it for us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. i say, i would build a wall bigger better, stronger than any wall. there s been an evolutionary process that the president has gone through.
it s a very active investigatio investigation. there are windows that are shot out, and lots of forensic evidence that police are going through. when we talk to congressmen and other witnesses. bill: thank you. congressmen out of florida left 5 minutes before the shooting broke out. he heard the gunmen ask if they were democrats or republicans. reaction from the present. there s a noticeable effect on the shootings at the white house. there is a dramatic uptake and security. particularly pennsylvania avenu pennsylvania avenue. the u.s. seekers service closedown pennsylvania avenue.
she was on meet the press earlier. that will be replayed after this show. she said she was talking with 300 finance ministers from around the world. she says that there is grave concern over what s happening because of the global economic effect. with regard to the solution here, if the senate passes something, then it comes back to it the house. will it pass there? yes. all boehner has to do is become the patriot, become the person saving the country from continuous pain. what the closedown is doing is killing the middle class. i don t know how to describe it, but what has made this country great has not been rich and poor. it s been the driver of the middle class,s a spiring to have no ceiling, keeping jobs, keeping small businesses, and now they re sliding into poverty. we have now the widest disparity