Unthinkable new heights while some states see possible signs of progress. In new york, were watching to see whether there will still be a Third Straight day of decreases in the number of daily deaths. Thats an important indicator. At the white house, new reporting on a january memo distributed internally warning the virus could be catastrophic. How the administration is responding and why the nation might not ever return to the way it was. Many people at all levels just did not expect Something Like this to happen at this magnitude. If you want to get to precoronavirus, you know, that might not ever happen. Plus, in the united kingdom, Boris Johnsons Health Taking a concerning turn. Were told hes stable but still in the intensive care unit where hes receiving standard oxygen. Keir simmons is live on the ground in london. Hes going to join us this hour for the latest on what we know. We start, though, here in new york with ron allen on long island, outside a hospital making emergency ex
100,000 lives lost so far. The u. S. Nearing 17,000 as deaths in new york hit another record high. The states hospital admissions continuing to slow down while california reports a drop in patients needing intensive care. Plus, the economic devastation continues to mount. The behind the scenes debates in washington about what happens next. And new reporting on missed warning signs back in november. We want to start with kara lee who is coverings the white house for us, ron allen and Morgan Radford is in philadelphia for us. The city being told to expect next week to be its worst yet. The push from inside the Trump Administration, we all have heard the news right now, to reopen the country in just three weeks from now, putting him at odds against the messages coming out of almost every Single Health expert weve spoken to. What more can you tell us about those discussions taking place inside the white house. Reporter this has been a tension between the president and some of his allies an
Nations deadliest day yet, the u. S. Closing in on 15,000 deaths overall but new evidence distancing strategies are actually saving lives. The new death toll predictions and new guidelines paving the way for some people to get back to work. It looks more like the 60,000 than the 100,000 to 200,000. We still have to put our foot on the aksccelerator when it comeso the mitigation. Plus, right now on the Senate Florida a showdown over the next emergency relief bill. Democrats and republicans dont be surprised at odds once again over what it will cover. We want to star with jo ling kent on the skyrocketing unemployment numbers and the time line when it gets to americans. New word a task force is going to be available, well talk about what that is and Gadi Schwartz is covering the rising toll for us in los angeles this morning. Jo, lets talk about the numbers, put them in context for us. We just mentioned briefly almost 10 of the American Workforce is unemployed. That is a staggering figure
For weeks we have been listening to firsthand accounts of our Nations Health care professionals and the harrowing physical and emotional challenges facing them and their colleagues side by side in the midst of this crisis. Amy pachok is a Critical Care nurse outside new york city and a member of the Public Employees federation and shes been kind enough over these weeks to share some of her struggles with us in the form of a video diary shes been providing to be nbc news. Every day i wake up, im motivated, i want to help people, i want to do the right thing. Im happy to work with my colleagues. And they are my source of energy every day. I stand shoulder to shoulder with some of the most amazing people who have a commitment to ourselves and to the people that were trying to save. And it is simply amazing. It is simply amazing. There is there is nothing that is more soulbreaking than hearing someones pain for their Family Member who will never be the same again. Our job is to fix people,
Gyms now allowed to reopen their doors. Reporter thats right, ayman. Weve seen a steady stream of folks coming out to cross fit. Some of them are behind me getting that midday work out in. Were seeing Safety Measures implemented here as were seeing across the country. At this gym, they moved some of the equipment that was inside outside in order to create more space and promote that social distancing. But this does come as texas has seen record high numbers in terms of covidpositive cases. Saturday saw a singleday increase and so i asked some of the gym goers about that. Take a listen to what they told me. Does it surprise you that were seeing these spikes in numbers . No. As contagious the disease is, youre going to risk having more positives. As we open up, we have increased testing. Weve had limited testing in texas, were getting more and more testing. As we open up, were going to have more cases. Reporter and the governor has worked to increase that testing sending surge Response T