Owners and those who love indoor dining, its a matter of time, likely the next week or two. Lets dig into the facts on the pandemic at this hour. Right now there are more than 11. 6 million cases in the United States. Is a far more than 251,000 americans have died. At this moment, no states or territories are experiencing a decrease in cases. Thats according to nbc news, and the startling new model from Columbia University estimates nearly 3 Million People have active cases and are potentially contagious as we speak. Coming up, ill talk to a member of president elect bidens Advisory Board about their strategy for fighting the pandemic and share my conversation with noted author and thinker, tam hasi coates about the longterm effects of the trump presidency. We start with nbcs gabe gutierrez, on the ground at a hospital in des moines, iowa. Were in des moines because the white house is describing this part of the country as a red zone. Gabe, why is that . Reporter hey, craig. The White
The Nuclear Weapons laboratories at the department of energy as well as pentagon. Nih, departments of commerce, treasury, state, homeland security, its a lot. Several nongovernmental organizations also came under attack were told. Today in moskow and to the surprise of no one putin denied any involvement in any hacking of u. S. Targets. The Russian Hackers have never interfered in the elections. They have never helped trump get elected. This is all just wild conjecture. This is just a pretext to try to sour the relations between russia and the u. S. Still nothing from the outgoing president about any of this as we said. But president elect biden did issue a statement that read in part and we, quote, i want to be clear my administration will make Cyber Security a top priority at every level of government, and we will make dealing with this breach a top priority from the moment we take office. Among other things imposing substantial costs on those responsible for such malicious attacks,
Media to spread disinformation. How an election season of sabotage led to a Holiday Season of delays and other issues. The u. S. Postal service. Congresswoman katy porter will join us on that. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Its beginning the look like the single biggest hack in history. Were learning more about the breadth of it every day. You may remember back when the coronavirus pandemic first hit, many people pointed out part of the reason its implausible the part of the reason our government was so unprepared was because the Trump Administration had reached in and disbanded a White House Pandemic Response Team in 2018. Now, as more and more extremely worrying details about russias massive cyber attack on our federal government come to light, assignments worth pointing out days after getting rid of the Pandemic Response team, the white house eliminated Cyber Security coordinator. The elimination of the Cyber Security role is likely to increase
Control. After meeting with bank ceos on a day when the markets again plunged, the president just tweeted that he will be addressing the nation from the oval office at 9 00 p. M. Tonight. He total reporters hell be announcing what he plans to do about the spread of the virus and its impact on the economy. We dont know exactly what hes going to announce, but his Oval Office Address will come after one of the most trusted Public Health officials on his White House Task force team, dr. Anthony fauci, sounded the alarm while testifying on capitol hill today. Is the worst yet to come, dr. Fauci . Yes, it is. Can you elaborate . We will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now. How much worse well get will depend on our ability to do two things, to contain the influx in people who are infected coming from the outside, and the ability to contain and mitigate within our own country. Bottom line, its going to get worse. If we are complacent and dont do really aggressive
Hello, im alicia menendez. Millions of people are ordered to stay home as were tracking fast moving developments about the coronavirus. New jerseys governor today announced he is issuing a stay at home order for his 9 Million People. That adds to similar directives in new york, illinois, california and pennsylvania. Mike pence says that he and his wife will be tested for coronavirus today after one of his staffers tested positive. He joined President Trump at todays task force update. Were working quickly to pass additional legislation that will provide massive relief to affected industries and give direct payments to our great workers. And hard working american families. Never been anything like were doing on the hill right now. The federal Aviation Administration halted flights at airports around the country including new york, chicago and las vegas after the coronavirus caused staffing issues. Flights appear to be getting back to normal. More than 21,000 people across the country ar