This is an nbc news special report, the coronavirus pandemic. Rt good evening, everyone. Welcome tonight. Ev a special look at what has suddenly forced its way to the h forefront of all of our lives, one of the biggest crises weve ever faced, the coronavirus pandemic. Over the next hour well bring d you the latest on the outbreak, and in collaboration with facebook were going to be answering some of the questions most important to you. What concerns you most about the coronavirus pandemic . Go to our Facebook Page to weigm in. W and our panel of experts will answer your questions throughout the hour. Were all in new and uncharted territory. Just tonight governor gavin newsom of california, the biggest state in the nation with nearly 40 million people, has issued a stay at home order for the entire state. This is the new normal. Well go to jo ling kent now in california with more on that breaking development. Nt reporter lester, thats right. This has just been issued in the last hour an
Republican congressman Thomas Massie says he is now going to force a roll call vote, and that could stretch the process out for hours. Some top house lawmakers suggest more action is actually needed beyond this phase three bill. Watch. The house continues to stand ready to take additional steps. When and as they are needed, to win this battle together. Democrats and republicans. Together, we americans will Work Together to do our part in fighting against the coronavir coronavirus. Harris Congressional Correspondent chad pergram is live for us on capitol hill with the latest. Chad, to say it got nasty is an understatement. Secretary of state john kerry tweeting and it was really colorful language. Absolutely. President trump lit up Thomas Massie this morning on twitter. He said the following quote. It looks like a thirdrate grand stander named Thomas Massie wants to vote against the coronavirus bill. Lets win back the house but through massey out of the republican party. Thomas massie w
Serves two terms, and this is an issue. And Hillary Clintons spokesperson blasted the remarks and saying that she had recovered 100 from the blood clot and not just the clinton camp pushing back, but a well known Republican White House member did comment. This is not clever or insinuation, but this is karl rove running head long into a brick wall. Nothing drives decent people a waway from the public office, because why would i put my family into this, because it weakens the fabric of dem kocra. This is what i would say about cognitive capacity which is that dr. Rove might have been the last person in america on Election Night to recognize and acknowledge that the president had won the reelection, including the state of ohio, and so we will leave it at that. And joining me live now is the correspondent for the daily beast is Michael Tomasky and linda palmer from the clinton camp. And michael, lets start with the New York Post quoted rove of saying 30 days in the hospital, and wearing gl
It comes as president obama is set to go to the pentagon later today. He will get briefed on the militarys efforts to fight isis but on the handling of the ebola crisis. The administration saying the key to stomping it out is tackle it at the source in west africa. 1600 u. S. Military personnel are headed to the region. Theyre going to be setting up hospitals, treatment centers, labs to try to deal with this crisis and prevent it from coming to the u. S. Border. So again this all comes as were learning more about the screening measures that are going to be put in place in the coming days. This, of course, tamron, is something that president obama announced earlier this week. But now the administration fleshing out the details of how specifically these screening measures will be implemented and where we can expect to see them in the nations airports. Thank you very much. Meantime in omaha new details about treatment for the nbc freelance photojournalist who is fighting ebola at the nebr
Im john berman. And im michaela pereira. We begin with the day of today being the first day the rest of nurse amber vinsons ebolafree life, you could say. The second texas nurse to get the virus after treating the first patient in the u. S. To die from the disease is about to leave Emory University hospital in atlanta. She and her colleague, nina pham, who is also now out of the hospital, have been the only people to get the disease within the United States. This just leaves one confirmed ebola patient currently being treated in the u. S. Dr. Craig spencer here in new york city. Then there is kaci hickox. She does not have ebola but she is the nurse who spent a weekend inside an isolation tent at a new jersey hospital. She is free for from her tent and she is now back home in maine where she will be monitored. Hickox had treated ebola patients in sierra leone and, as i said, so far shes tested negative for the disease and has had no fever except from one reading, the preliminary forehe