Welcome to friday. It is meet the press daily. Good evening i am chuck todd continuing msnbcs breaking News Coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. We are closing out a week many would have thought unimaginable a few short weeks ago. The u. S. Is now closing in on 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases. More than 16,000 americans have died at this point. The country has been essentially shut down for weeks now. Roughly 10 of the workforce so far has lost their jobs. There are, however, some encouraging signs that the drastic social distancing measures instituted around the country are starting to slow the spread of the virus. Theyre doing exactly what it was intended to do. The number of new cases is showing signs of plateauing nationally and the latest data out of the epicenter in new york especially the data of new hospitalizations are encouraging as well. Which has ignited a fierce debate about what post peak america will and should look like. President trump is reportedly pushing his te