Of michigan, west virginia, indiana and oregon have issued stayathome orders for their entire states. That means more than 100 million americans, thats nearly 1 in 3, are now being told to stay home. But the president says he does not want to see this lockdown go much longer. America will again and soon be open for business, very soon. A lot sooner than three or four months that somebody was suggesting. A lot sooner. We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem. This is not a country that was built for this. It was not built to be shut down. Weve been talking about it for days. Obviously, when the country is in lockdown, the economy is too. And we are just starting to get an idea of how bad its going to be if the situation doesnt change economically. On monday, researchers from Morgan Stanley said they see Unemployment Rate going from a 50year low of less than 4 to an alltime high of nearly 13 by this spring. Of course, Business Owners and their employees are hoping the government
You are talking about 799 lives. The highest number ever. Its gotten to the point, frankly, that were going to bring in additional Funeral Directors to deal with the number of people who have passed. 9 11 was so devastating, so tragic and then in many ways we lose so many more new yorkers to this silent killer. There is no explosion. But it was a silent explosion that just ripples through society. And again, a killer we cannot yet track. As parts of the country approach the apex of an unparalleled health crisis, our entire nation is experiencing an unprecedented economic crisis. More than six million americans filed for unemployment in the last week bringing the total to nearly 17 million in just three weeks. And thats only counting those who are able to file because unemployment web sites keep on crashing. The president wants to open up the country by the end of this month, just a few weeks from now. But leading Health Care Experts say they cannot yet put a date on when it will be saf
Good friend Jason Chaffetz out in utah i should acknowledge we will soon be joined the dr. Nicole saphier, the smarter of the two of us, no doubt about that, she is having technical issues. As soon as see is ready she will be in. Jason great to have you. Jason i love being with you, pete. I was looking forward to being with dr. Saphier, im sure she will join us soon. I have a great lineup. Weapon have trey gowdy coming on. I was a colleague of his for number of years, when i get up up in the morning, im ready to go. Trey gowdy, not so much. It will take a little while, he will be here later in the show. Pete well test his skills. We look forward to nicole joining us. A lot what were talking about, jason how quickly do we open while balancing what our Health Care Experts say we should continue to do. Well move forward with states preparing to ease these restrictions. Colorado stayathome order is expiring today, sunday. Rallies are happening across the country to reopen. Lets get a sense
The way. Well be reading axios am in a little bit. Signup. Axios. Com. That does it for me on this tuesday morning. Im yasmin vossoughian. Morning joe starts right now. This judge is giving us unfair laws. Now i say why. Well, im building a wall, okay . Its a wall between mexico, not another country. Hes not from mexico. Hes from indiana. In my opinion mexican heritage, and he is very proud of it. Maybe thats a question you should ask china. Dont ask me, ask china that question, okay . When you ask them that question, you may get a very unusual answer. Behind you, please. Sir, why are you saying that to me, specifically . Donald trump in 2016 and yesterday from the white house podium. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, may 12th. What a moment that was. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have Pulitzer Prizewinning columnist and associate editor of Washington Post and msnbc political analyst, Eugene Robinson. Well have more on trumps 2020 version of his judge curiel mom
A drug President Trump was touting and taking himself, a study on hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine want only found that the drugs did not only help coronavirus patients, but they were also linked to an increased risk of death and heart problems. The study looked at 96,000 patients across six continent and in addition to two other studies that found the drug did not work. When dr. Deborah birx was asked about President Trump taking the drug she acknowledged the concerns the fda has with hydroxychloroquine, but also said this. There are still controlled trials going on both for prophylaxis and preexposure prophylaxis as well as controlled trials in a hospital setting how these drugs do, and i think those are still pending. Leaving the door open. Look, was there todays study and of course, there were also two other studies published in the new england journal of medicine and the jama, the two preeminent medical journals in the world along with the lancet, those two showed that the drug