Americans have died of the coronavirus in 12 weeks time. Amid the loss, the president remains focused on moving the country further along on what he likes to call reopening and today predicted we would soon see breakthroughs in treatment. I think were going to have therapeutic remedies, and i think were going to have vaccines very shortly. Ive been saying it, very shortly. I think ill be proven correct. Were safely reopening our country while aggressively protecting the vulnerable. Meantime, the Presumptive Democratic nominee joe biden did weigh in on the pandemics death toll this afternoon with his own assessment of trumps response. 100,000 deaths. 100,000 deaths and at least 35,000, 50,000 were avoidable but for lack of attention and ego. Columbias study is showing we could have if you just started a week earlier, it would have saved thousands of lives. I mean these are this is a tragedy. Former Vice President interviewed by dana bash on cnn. Earlier today trump did seek to defend hi
Happened. But for this type of an illness, for this type of an epidemic, being a pulmonary Critical Care specialist means that, you know, youre the kind of doctor whose specific expertise is most in demand out of everyone. And if you are a specialist who just happens to practice that kind of specialty medicine right now and you are a physician who does that kind of medicine in montgomery, alabama, then you are in the middle of something you must have never dreamed you would be facing. Weve really seen an influx of patients with covid19. Over the past two, three weeks, our numbers, our icu beds have been full. Weve been having a lot of overflow in the icu. The community has, at first, was doing a great job of protecting themselves but now people dont think its very serious. And unfortunately were seeing a lot of new patients come in to the hospital. My specialty is pulmonary and Critical Care, so i you know, i get to take care of the pulmonary patients who obviously end up in intensive
Whats the reality. And what those spaces will look like when we rush to work. All in starts right now. Good eving from new york. Im chris hayes. You have probably been through the following experience before. I know i have. A friend of yours or a dear Family Member or a friend of a friend is out partying, maybe at a wedding or a bar, and one person really looks like they should not drive home. They end up getting in the car any way. You try to stop them, they do and you get a knot in your stomach. After a little while you get a call or text they got home okay. That happens all the time, in spite of the risk involved. Despite the fact that its a very, very bad idea. We know drunk driving is a risk to the person driving and other people on the road. It causes thousands of accidents a year, and thousands of preventable deaths. Its a reason we have laws to pebb penalize it to stop it from happening, because it is dangerous, even if theres a chance someone might get home okay. As a country,
In patients who need Critical Care support for serious respiratory issues because they are really, really sick. And she has been that kind of a doctor for a long time, since well before this epidemic happened. But for this type of an illness, for this type of an epidemic, being a pulmonary Critical Care specialist means that youre the kind of doctor whose specific expertise is most in demand out of everyone. And if you are a specialist who just happens to practice that kind of specialty medicine right now and you are a physician who does that kind of medicine in montgomery, alabama, then you are in the middle of something you must have never dreamed you would be facing. Weve really seen an influx of patients with covid19. Over the past two, three weeks, our numbers, our icu beds have been full. Weve been having a lot of overflow in the icu. The community you know, at first was doing a great job on protecting themselves. But now unfortunately i dont think people think its very serious,
Playing multiple rounds of golf at his Virginia Golf Course while unleashing a string of malicious retweets attacking nancy pelosi, stacey abrams, and hillary clinton, as well as a twitter tirade against his ousted attorney general, current Alabama Senate candidate jeff sessions. And the Trump Administration is banning travel from brazil. Now the worlds most dangerous hotspot due to months of inaction and denials from their president , trump ally jair bolsonaro. The ban prevents any foreigners who have been in brazil during the past two weeks from entering the u. S. Well have a live report from rio in just a moment. But we begin with our memorial day panel. Nbc political reporter monica alba at the white house. Washington post National Political reporter robert costa, moderator of Washington Week on pbs. And msnbc political analyst rick tyler joining us as well, former Obama White House Communications Director jen palmieri, and nbc news president ial historian Michael Beschloss. Monica