Its smart. It grabs peoples attention. Then they come to my store. Buy that sofa. And leave happy its easy, and its effective. And its why Comcast Spotlight is changing its name to effectv. Because being effective means getting results. 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 latest 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 81 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 lifesaving lack of medical supplies President Trump continues to shift the blame. Given this is one of the wealthiest most powerful countries in the world should this be
Recession than he is to save lives. Congressman Eric Swalwell will also we 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 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 did not close down the country, and so donald trump cannot open up the country. If youre at home in America Today and you didnt go to
6. 6 million americans filing for unemployment this week, doubling the previous weeks stunning record. Just think about that number. 6. 6 million. That is the entire population of chicago and los angeles combined. And this afternoon another sign of the disruption, the Democratic National committee is now postponing its convention from july to august. But we begin with cnns Katelyn Collins live at the white house and katelyn, were seeing these record breaking jobless claims but the president spent the day on twitter saying everything is going well. Whats going on . Reporter yeah. Hes not acknowledging the numbers yet. Of course kbhoe this is something the president paid close attention to. Last week they got those numbers they had been bracing for them. Im not sure they expected the home be as high as they were today. Hes lashing out at some governors saying that they are people who are complaining about getting medical supplies and they have insatiable appetites for these supplies. The
Deaths so forward. Michigan is seeing warmup surging, they are converting a major Convention Center there into a temporary hospital. Normally the home of the detroit auto show, for instance. In new york theyre opening up two highprofile hospitals. The other a navy ship, taking in probably taking in noncoronavirus patients. New york governors andrew cuomo is welcoming the new beds, but also warning people to not get complacent. Everyone is subject to this virus. Its the great equalizer. I dont care how smart, how rich, how powerful you think you are. I dont care how young, how old. This virus is the great equalizer. In california there are some signs that social distancing is starting to work. Nick watt is in los angeles for us. Hes following the developments around the country. Nick . Reporter anderson, l. A. County just told us they still expect the number of confirmed cases here to double in the next few days. We just got staggering news out of louisiana. In just one day, anderson, 1
Anything unusual out of the north. The white house says it is aware of these reports but cannot confirm his condition. The white house is, quote monitoring intelligence that kim jong un is in grave danger after a surgery. This is coming from an unnamed u. S. Official with intelligence information. Steve thats right. Ainsley, thats what makes this story so puzzling because south korea is saying well, he is just involved in normal activities out in the rural area. But then you have got the United States, the u. S. Sources saying he is in grave danger there have been rumors of wild rumors over the last 12 hours or so. We dont know for sure exactly what is going on. But it is unusual for south korea to have one view of what is going on with this guy and the United States to have something completely different, brian. Brian well, we know, number one he is easily 80 pounds overweight. We knows he smokes. We know people that have been around him when is he meeting with the president and he wo