Good friday morning, everyone. The major headline, the u. S. Now coronavirus cases overtaking china. Its not just a crisis in new york. Cases are surging in los angeles and from louisiana where a 17yearold has died to michigan where hospitals say theyre overwhelmed. One doctor in rural georgia is in selfquarantine inside his garage. Hes covered in ant bites trying to avoid his wife and three children. Local intensive care units are at capacity. He says were in the fight of our lives. Breaking overnight, a u. S. Government plan to build 80,000 hospital ventilators has now hit a road block. Several governors voicing their frustration. More military help on the way. 200 Army Soldiers and medical personnel from ft. Campbell, kentucky, are headed to new york today to build a Field Hospital setting up at a Convention Center here in manhattan. Abcs Megan Tevrizian begins our coverage from new york city. Reporter this morning new york City Hospitals overflowings both inside. All the patients i
Trillion emergency relief bill, the largest in u. S. History. The race to get the cash out the door to boost Small Businesses. What it means for your pocketbook and who could expect a check . Personal battle. Abcs boe o lp save his life in iraq, now working to save coronavirus patients. Is this more frightening to you than it was when you were there in the battlefield . Truthfully, yes. Reporter why she says the fight against this unseen killer is so tough. And cheers for the fighters. The touching tributes overnight, the people on the front lines against covid19 getting a boost from americans clapping because they care. Hey, good morning, everybody. Before we dive into the news, a quick personal note we are very happy and very relieved to have dr. Whit johnson with us back on the set. I get the title of doctor . Yes, after selfquarantine. We timed it out based on the first contact, no symptoms, feel fine and good to be back with you both during this very important time. So good to hav
My favorite get it done people. They know how to get it done and the only thing that gets in the way is politicians. It was great to hear his clarity and my phone was just ringing with texts coming e ing in of p over joyed to get that clarity that you brought up in that discussion with the general. The specificity with which hes speaking about what hes doing and volunteering the urgency of the nature of what hes doing, that hes offering no excuses, talking about his own urgency and the need for everybody else to act urgently and answering questions with specifics what hes doing because theyre actually doing the work and getting it done and leaning forward and trying to do as much as possible. The contrast with Everything Else going on in the federal government, even though he has nothing but kind words to say about everybody else in the federal government. The contrast about hearing him talk about getting the stuff done and executions and defensiveness and nonsense frankly that youre h
And author of soul of america and from vanderbilt university, jon meacham is here. Hes an nbc and msnbc contributor. All along with willie and me and joe is back on monday. Were going to begin this monday with another unfortunate milestone as the u. S. Overtakes china as the country with the most number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The u. S. Has more than 85,000 cases with more than 17,000 reported in the last 24 hours. As the country sets records for new cases just about every day. President trump continues his push for guidelines on selfdistancing to be relaxed. The administration is planning to identify certain counties by risk level, high, medium or low. Hoping that some parts of the country can get back to work sooner than others. Meanwhile, members of the house are racing back to washington right now to vote on that massive economic rescue package today. Leaders had hoped to pass it by voice vote but feared at least one member Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey would dem
Good friday morning from new york. Im ayman mohyeldin. This morning, several new developments on the coronavirus all breaking this morning. The u. S. Economy shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs for the first time in nearly a decade. And economists warn its just the beginning in all of this. Not a full picture of the pandemics toll on our economy. Also this morning, the aboutface about your face. The white house expected to reverse course today, preparing to tell millions of americans in hot spots around the country, to cover your face when youre out in public. Because of some recent information, when youre out and you cant maintain that 6foot distance, to wear some sort of facial covering. All of this as the number of global cases surpasses 1 million prompting more hospitals in the u. S. To reup pleas for equipment. With our new reporting on why experts say to the leave it to the states approach coming from the white house will cost lives. We dont want to be your body bags. I dont w