Addition, in an interview with sundays american voices special report with my colleague, dr. Fauci was asked about the controversial decision to pause this vaccine. Well the j j vaccine is clearly a highly efficacious vaccine, and i think the pause, which some people may have taken as a real concern, the pause should underscore have seriously we take safety. Because the risk of this is extremely low. There was another important announcement from the cdc director concerning vaccines and in expecting mothers. They recommend that pregnant women receive the covid19 vaccine. I encourage people to talk to their doctors to determine what is best for them and for their baby. A lot of people have been waiting for that very announcement, meanwhile calls for transparency are growing days after wednesdays Deadly Police involved shooting. This one in elizabeth city, North Carolina. Andrew brown was killed when deputies tried to serve a warrant, witnesses tell of the ap that one deputy shot him seve
Instead, is it the symbol of a country that is shutting down. Earlier, the president announced new sweeping guidelines urging the public to effectively hunker down. Public Health Officials now want everyone in the country, even healthy individuals, to avoid gatherings of more than ten people to avoid any unnecessary travel, and to avoid eating at bars and restaurants altogether. There is growing concern that the u. S. Hospital system is going to be overwhelmed unless we all act with a sense of collective urgency not seen since world war ii. And public Health Officials are warning that these measures will not be effective unless everyone follows them. The guidelines, when you look at them carefully, i believe if the people in the United States take them seriously, because they were based on some rather serious consideration back and forth, some may look at them and say, theyre going to be really inconvenient for people. Some will look and say, well, maybe weve gone a little bit too far.
Good evening. I am nicolle wallace. As we continue msnbcs special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, new york city mayor bill de blasio, at the encenter of the Coronavirus Crisis will be speaking in a moment, we will monitor for developments, turn them around, bring them to you when they happen. At this hour, awaiting a briefing from the white house and the coronavirus taskforce. We learned that attorney general william barr will be there the first time. This comes as the Justice Department is seeking Broader Authority to detain people during the crisis. This briefing comes amid growing tensions between Public Health experts and President Trump over how long the country needs to shut down to fight the virus. Perhaps wary of the economic and political toll of fighting the virus, the president is signaling his intent to potentially roll back social distancing measures enacted to slow the virus spread. Tweeting we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself. The nations top In
Capacity. In new york, where a great number of First Responders have fallen victim to coronavirus, it is likely to get worse. The sick leave for fdny ems is 20, 25 . Thats people who have contracted the virus and are out sick. We have two members who are intubated. We have about seven or eight members who are in the icu and a whole bunch in quarantine. Roughly about 700 people in the Fire Department are being monitored for this. Its a serious virus and were on the front lines battling it. The numbers today as staggering as yesterday. Close to 14,000 americans are now dead from this. We have reporters on both coasts covering these developments. First off lets go to nbcs ron allen. Hes in brooklyn, new york. Ron, i know youve traveled due west from where we last saw you, nassau county, long island. What have you found. Rsh brian, theres a lot in those numbers. What theyre focusing on is the rate of hospitalizations thats flattening, not going up as fast as it was. It seems to be leveling
Died. Yet the white house has not acted on some specific measure that could keep them in getting sick. Theres no National Stay at home order and only disparate state and city action with florida being the latest state to issue one of those orders. Today, the Surgeon General suggested the cdcs guidance for everyone to stay home should be considered a national order. Shouldnt every state in this country have a stay at home order is the question . Thats the whole point of these 30 days to slow the spread guidelines. We want people nationally to understand the importance of social distancing. We live in a nation that has a system of federalism and the governors get to make the decision and were going to give them the best possible dwins and ths to stay home and social distance. In the middle of a Public Health crisis, the president has refused to open up a special obama care Enrollment Period which could help the uninsured when they need it the most. The one thing the president has done in