Join us later this morning, warns the citys hospitals are two to three weeks away from running out of essential medical supplies. In pennsylvania, the governor warns the state will be enforcing its new order to close all businesses that are not needed to sustain life. In florida, the states largest county, miamidade, and other towns have issued orders to close beaches. Governor ron desantis wont issue a statewide order, saying that local orders and his ban on large gatherings will suffice. Weve got a lot to get to. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, march 20th. Joe will be back on monday. Along with willie and me, we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press, jonathan lemire. Capitol hill correspondent and host on msnbc, kasie hunt. Associated editor of the Washington Post, msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. We mentioned mayor bill de blasios warning that new york City Hospitals are two to three weeks away from running out of essential medical supplies.
Store thing today, too, as well. And i couldnt find the tp and dr. Gupta i got it. Whered you find it . Whered you go . I bought all of it. You i got last big, giant thing of bounty. The big, superrolls of bounty. But im sitting next to dr. Gupta whos laughing at me. Hes like its not a gi issue, right . So why are people hoarding i was confused by all the toilet paper. The psychological reasons behind it. I tell you what. You want a little levity . So i went out last week and i just happened to do a paper towel tp run. And don knows my wife very well christina and i come back, and of course what i bought wasnt up to her standard. So shes talking about how cheap the toilet paper was. So its goking to be a rough weekend for your boy. All right, sir, we got to run. We got a lot to get to. All right. Have a great and safe weekend, my friend. Be safe. You as well. This is cnn tonight. I am don lemon. And here is our breaking news tonight. These are the numbers. At least 2,204 people across
Shelterinplace. Mandatory evacuation and a good thursday morning to you. Craig melvin here once again broadcasting from home because i came into contact with a today show staffer who tested positive for covid19. Im fine. No symptoms, no signs, but we have been listening to new York Governor Andrew Cuomo spending the better part of the last 30, 45 minutes clearing up some of the misconceptions about what may or may not happen specifically in new york state, specifically new york city. Governor cuomo insisting there will not be any sort of lockdown in new york city. Also, admitting that the term containment, that term that he used to describe what the state did in new rochelle last week perhaps wasnt the best perhaps not the best use of language there. Also announcing some help for folks. Mortgage relief. Atm fees not going to be a thing for a while in new york state as well. So were going to keep a very slows eye and ear on Governor Cuomo. You also see there at the bottom of your screen
Welcome to msnbcs special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Ill ali velshi. Weve got a full slate of experts standing by to break down all the days developments. But first here are where things stand right now. At least 281 are dead across the United States. 23,000 are infected. More than 80 million americans being told to stay home. Today new jersey became the latest state to issue a stay at home order to its residents following similar directives in california, illinois and where i am here in new york. As medical professionals across the country continue to voice concerns over a lack of lifesaving supplies President Trump continues to try to shift the blame. Given this is one of the wealthiest most powerful countries in the world should this be happening . Shouldnt this have been resolved weeks ago . Ill tell you the way i look at it. Many administrations preceded me. For the most part they did very little in terms of what youre talking about. This is unprecedented. You can speak
Ezra klein will join us tonight at the end of this hour. He is outraged that donald trump is more eager to try to avoid a recession than he is to save lives. Congressman Eric Swalwell will also be joining us to explain how the influence of nancy pelosi on the House Democrats has changed the economic aid package being considered by the senate tonight. And massachusetts senator ed markey will be voting on that bill. He will give us the latest developments with the senate legislation. But we begin tonight as we always must with the numbers. As of today the United States has 53,441 reported cases of coronavirus and 693 reported deaths from the coronavirus, but there is good news tonight. The president of the United States is not in charge. Now, that would be bad news in a pandemic if the president were anyone other than donald trump. So the good news is that the worst, most corrupt president in history is not in charge of what he referred to today as opening up the country. Donald trump di