Very close. We are very close. We are close to a bill that takes our bold republican framework, integrates further ideas from both parties, and delivers huge progress on each of the four core priorities i laid out a week ago. Last night, i thought we were on the 5yardline. Right now, were on the 2. As i also said last night, at this point, of the few outstanding issues, i dont see any that cant be overcome within the next few hours. Well, thats good news. Nbc news has learned that negotiations led to an increase in Unemployment Insurance, an extra 100 billion for hospitals, and the end of a phasein for direct payments for americans. A deal cannot come soon enough. Today, the World Health Organization is warning that the United States has the potential to be the new global epicenter of the virus, as the number of cases continues to surge. Well, one of my guest warns of economic catastrophe, warning that the coronavirus depression could be imminent. But we begin today on capitol hill, wh
Terrorist attacks on september 11th. Youve seen that, as the doctor said yesterday, we can expect it if we do everything right. Bestcare scenario. Bestcase scenario. If we do everything right, then maybe 200,000 americans will die. If we do everything right. That, obviously, is more people than died in world war i and the vietnam war combined. This pandemic that a lot of donald Trump Supporters are still trying to underplay, that the president , of course, tried to underplay for a very long time, this is not the seasonal flu. It is extraordinarily is that the president s doctors are now admitting that publicly. It appears that the president is still following their advice. That is really good news. Even though were going to be going through two to three horrible weeks. Yeah. In a month, joe and mika, of daily, sobering headlines, that one we woke up to yesterday was quite high on the list. Dr. Deborah birx, who has been pretty sober in analyzing the data, said, yes, 200,000 if we do ev
In new york city specifically, temporary hospitals are opening in central park, at the u. S. Open venue in queens to treat coronavirus cases. Patients without the virus are being treated at the Javits Center, and on the u. S. N. S. Comfort that we saw pull in to dock yesterday, all of it to make room for the huge spike in cases that the city expects. For the governors in this country, the situation grows more dire with each passing day. This morning the white house response to the governors needs is getting a lot of attention. The New York Times reports that governors stress the need for more testing in a phone call with President Trump and his team. On that call, President Trump in turn suggested that a lack of testing is no longer a problem. Lets go right to the white house. Nbcs Shannon Pettypiece is standing by. What more have we learned about that phone call with governors, especially those remarks about testing . Reporter well, its interesting. The president started his press bri
Americas top automakers, all of them, ford, chrysler, General Motors, all temporarily closing all of their u. S. Plants. Ford and gm stepping up offering to potentially make ventilators that are in such short supply. And in the nations capitol, President Trump signed an economic emergency relief bill that includes free testing for the virus and paid emergency leave for workers. And now lawmakers are scrambling and negotiating on a massive stimulus plan to try to help stem the economic fall out of this pandemic. The impact on wall street continues day by day to be devastating. The stock market erased all of the gains made during the entirety of the trump administration. This as we see the first two members of Congress Test positive for coronavirus. And another startling warning from the cdc, young people, that includes toddler and infants as well, more vulnerable than previously thought. New numbers show nearly 30 of those hospitalized are between the ages of 20 and 54 and 29 of the fir
Let me take you through some facts today because we have some new facts, changes in circumstances that are not encouraging. I want to make sure people understand them and we react accordingly. The increase in the number of cases continues unabated. As a matter of fact, the rate of increase has gone up. We have the most sophisticated people you can get doing projections on this. Theyve been studying projections from china, south korea, italy, places all across this country. And what theyre now seeing is the rate of cases, the rate of new infections is doubling about every three days. That is a dramatic increase in the rate of infection. And this whole discussion all along has been how fast does the rate of increase spread and can we slow the rate of increase. Were not slowing it, and it is accelerating on its own. One of the forecasters said to me, we were looking at a Freight Train coming across the country. Were now looking at a bullet train because the numbers are going up that quick