Our discussions will focus with the people that were dealing with on rejuvenating the economy and always health, always health. Health and life, living is number one. But the rejuvenated economy, and i think its going to go quickly. Well be utilizing our robust Testing Capacity for the governors. Well be giving them what they need if they dont have it themselves. We hope by now theyll be able to have it themselves. We were hoping theyd have it for themselves early on but they werent. Such great advances have been made. Well be dealing with that. They can rely on us very strongly. Theyll be relying on us i think for some help, and were there, whether its building hospital beds which i dont think theyre going to need. You look at javits center, the great, great job that the army corps of engineers did. Fema got involved. We actually ended upsetting our medical people. That was not a covid19 center. They asked could you do that. Even after we did that, it was not used very much. Meaning t
Three of governments response to the outbreak. We could soon learn more. A massive trilliondollar stimulus bill, a package that could put checks in the hands of every single american, and time is of the essence. Two members of congress now becoming the first to contract the virus. Another putting himself in selfquarantine protectively this morning. Over at the white house, President Trump signing one relief package on paid sick leave, and free testing. The president taking rare executive powers that could put the response more on a war footing, as wall street marches on, sinking once again after another wipeout on wednesday. Our nbc news team is ready to g covering every angle of this ongoing crisis. Kristen welker at the white house, courtney at the pentagon, Stephanie Ruehl on set with me at 30 rock and Gabe Gutierrez outside of the Brooklyn Hospital center. All eyes on the white house this morning, kristen. We are awaiting an update from the Coronavirus Task force within the next ho
The rule, you get in your car, you drive 15 minutes, youre in a different jurisdiction, subject to a different set of rules. So in new york, you cannot shop new york city versus westchester versus nassau versus albany. Its one set of rules for the entire state. And it should be one set of rules for the entire nation. And that is the role of the federal government and national leadership. And it is lacking. The federal government should put one position in place, and coordinate it with the states. If the federal government isnt going to do what it should do, then the states have to try their best. Right . And the best way is for me, not only to have a uniformed policy within the state of new york but, to the extent you can, cooperate with surrounding states so you all have a common set of practices, right . I dont want to close down bars in new york but connecticut leaves the bars open. Why . Because then many people will get in their car and theyll drive to connecticut to go to a bar,
And as you know, i worked for senator moynihan, and i know you have an item on one of your menus named after him, and we all appreciate that. Thank you very much for joining us. Really appreciate it. Thank you for having me. Well, that is tonights last word. Msnbcs coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues. Well, good evening once again. Day 1,159 of the trump administration. 225 days until our next president ial election. And if you were watching the White House Briefing earlier tonight, then you know nothing but good news. The president says it will be over very soon, that businesses will be open very soon, and we should await the okay to get going. He says the vaccines are coming along very quickly. They are fixing the problem. He emphasized this is a medical problem, not economic, and he said the mortality rate number may be lower than people think. Now, we should point out in the real world, the u. S. Has the highest rate of increase in the world, and our numbers rocketed up
Tonight, then you know nothing but good news. The president says it will be open very soon, businesses will be open very soon and we should await the okay to get going. He says the vaccines are coming along very quickly. They are fixing the problem. He emphasized this is a medical problem, not economic, and he said the mortality rate number may be lower than people think. Now, we should point out in the real world, the u. S. Has the highest rate of increase in the world and our numbers rocketed up again today. And, again, we dont know how many people have it in this country because people cant get tested so much of the time. Of those tested, we know we have over 43,000. And the number of deaths just went up by at least 137 just today. As we come on the air tonight, the death toll currently stands at 533. The u. S. Remains way behind where we should be in this fight right now. Our economy is going into a forced kind of sleep mode, and unemployment claims are higher than they have ever b