Very careful calculations, we hear at the Rachel Maddow show have determined that we, us, our collective humanity, we have arrived finally at the Halfway Point of 2020. You guys, technically, as of today, we are halfway threre. Its a leap year there arent 365 days this year. There are 366. At least there will be by the time we get to the end of it there will be 366 days by the end of this year. Divide by two to find the Halfway Point. Thats 183 days. Count up all the days we had so far. Yesterday was day 183. That means at midnight we hit day 184. Which means we have made it through the whole first half of this year that we all wish would stop already. Honestly, 2020 would have been a catastrophic year in the news if it had stopped three months ago. But we have made it halfway through. They cannot make us do that again. And it is astonishing that this first half of this year alone, more than 128,000 of our fellow americans did not make it to see this point because of the coronavirus. A
Deaths of u. S. Troops in afghanistan. The u. S. Saw a Record Number of coronavirus cases in a single day, infections are spiking in 40 out of 50 states. Trumps response. Well, this morning he gloated that the country is opening up faster than anybody thought. More on that coming up. And i will be joined by stacy abrams to talk about the president s failed responses and the fight for Voting Rights in georgia and beyond. We begin tonight with a new report in the washington post, that the white house is not planning an Immediate Response to intelligence reports of russian bounties because donald trump does not believe that the reports are true or actionable. But after a briefing delivered by the cia director to the gang of eight in congress today, senator Chuck Schumer begged to differ. Visually angry visually angry schumer called on the president to get tougher with russian leader Vladimir Putin. Im not going to say anything about the briefing but i believe that the president is not clo
Cases. Around the world, nearly 11 million cases of covid19 have been reported with over half a Million Deaths so far. The u. S. Currently has the most cases of any country with brazil, russia and India Following behind. Major League Baseball Just Announced that it is cancelling this years allstar game. The los angeles dodgers, who were set to host this seasons summer classic, must now wait until 2022. Atlanta will be the site of next years allstar game. Coronavirus infections are ballooning across the country as weve been covering, with florida, texas and california leading the pack in these new cases as hospitalizati cases. As hospitalizations surge in california, local officials are tightening the restrictions this weekend, closing beaches and public places, mandating masks in others. In los angeles, where the number of cases has topped 107,000, the demand for tests is skyrocketing. A nurse who works in a Los Angeles Covid unit at the hospital there spoke to nbc news about the risin
Its a leap year, so there arent 365 days this year. There are 366 days this year. At least there will be by the time we get to the end of it, provided the giant meteor doesnt get us or the sun doesnt burn out. So there will be 366 days by the end of this year. Divide by two to find the halfway point. Thats 183 days. Count up all the days weve had so far. Yesterday was day 183. That means at midnight, we hit day 184, which means we have made it through the whole first half of this year that we all wish would stop already. Honestly, 2020 would have been a catastrophic year in the news if it had stopped three months ago. But we have made it halfway through. They cannot make us do that again. And it is astonishing that this first half of this year alone, more than 128,000 of our fellow americans did not make it to see this point because of the coronavirus. And there will be more to come. Nbcs tabulation of the new case numbers today these are tabulated as of 6 30 p. M. Eastern time each da
Switching gears, as we head into the holiday weekend, a new record for coronavirus cases in the u. S. On wednesday, more than 50,000 cases were reported in a span of 24 hours for the very first time. According to the new york times, that is the fifth record in the past eight days. In all, there have been nearly 2. 7 million cases and more than 129,000 americans have lost their lives from coronavirus. To stop the spread, the governor of california has reimposed a lockdown in a total of 19 counties closing bars and other businesses for the next three weeks. And pennsylvania has joined at least a dozen other states mandating face masks must be warn in public. In all, at least 19 states have put their reopening plans on pause or started to roll them back. I promise that will impact the economy. Texas is one of the states thats been reversing course as cases and hospitalizations hit another alltime high yesterday. My colleague david gura is in houston. David, were the hospitals ready for th