Good evening and welcome to msnbcs continuing special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Im lawrence odonnell. We begin tonight with the numbers. The number of reported coronavirus cases in the United States is now over 963,000. As of tonight there are more than 54,000 reported deaths linked to the coronavirus in the United States. Those statistics get grimmer every day, but in some parts of the country the numbers do seem to be moving in the right direction. New york suffered 367 deaths in the last 24 hours, and that is about half of new yorks peak of deaths per day nearly three weeks ago. For Many Americans, this weekend actually felt like a weekend for the first time in a long time because they got a full weekend break from the tension of watching the president of the United States discuss the coronavirus pandemic in the White House Briefing room. That means the country has now lived through two consecutive days without having to watch the president of the United States suggest t
Comey documents, then theres obviously the ground is shifting under the republicans and the Republican Leaders are trying to adjust, trying to figure out what their approach is. A special commission perhaps. We spoke to a number of members who thought perhaps that was a good idea. I have to say the majority of members that we spoke to coming out of this meeting who were conservatives which represents the bulk of the Republican Caucus here in the capitol on the house side thought it was a trumped up, pardon the pun. They thought it was a fake news. They think this is all something that is the media is playing. They dont see a problem advancing the agenda. A lack of concern on the face of it. But under the surface a graeat deal of concern. Well wait to see when speaker ryan walks in. Stick around. Heres the speaker right here telling me to wrap it up. All right. Thank you very much, as paul ryan walks in. Were going the listen in and see what he begins the conversation about or who is se
Truth . I dont accept that its about believing they can change, that they can be forgiven that its an extension of some kind of divine clemency. I dont buy it. I think it was an organization protecting itself. I think it was working as an organization of man, not as a hand of god. I think that the proof is in the facts. And this was laid out by this grand jury, who came out with their report today, don, telling people, listen to us, we know there is compassion fatigue, we know its too icky, Pay Attention. Because it only gets worse. And thats the truth. We got to change laws like this. Its not a partisan issue. Youre right on. I have nothing to say except for, organizations protecting themselves, thats what were going to talk about right now. Good. Thank you very much, sir. See you later. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. On that note, what President Trump what he did today is straight out of a dictators playbook. Revoking the security clearance of former cia chief john brennan is not
Facts. And this was laid out by this grand jury, who came out with their report today, don, telling people, listen to us, we know there is compassion fatigue, we know its too icky, Pay Attention. Because it only gets worse. And thats the truth. We got to change laws like this. Its not a partisan issue. Youre right on. I have nothing to say except for, organizations protecting themselves, thats what were going to talk about right now. Good. Thank you very much, sir. See you later. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. On that note, what President Trump what he did today is straight out of a dictators playbook. Revoking the security clearance of former cia chief john brennan is nothing but a blatant attempt to silence a critic. To take away his right to free speech. To purge him. And the reason this white house gave is beyond belief. Mr. Brennan has recently leveraged his status as a former highranking official with access to highly Sensitive Information to make a series of unfounded and ou