Remain at a safe in a safe environment. And thats going to be up to businesses to come up with ways to reconfigure their workplace and their processes to make this work. And thats business by business. Government can say these are the standards, but a business is going to figure out how to do that. When you look at this state, there are some regions that right now by the numbers pose a lower risk, some that pose a higher risk. We can tell you by region right now, of those criteria that we went through, which ones are in place for which region, so which ones have the right hospitalization, the right testing regimen, the right Contact Tracing regimen, and which ones still have work to do in those areas. And this is going to be region by region. And each region has to put together the leaders in those respective areas who put together this system and monitor this system literally on a daily basis. So, theyre getting all that input, all those specifics, all that data, and then day by day,
Expects to see. Were going to lose anywhere from 75,000, 80,000 to 100,000 people. Thats a horrible thing. We shouldnt lose one person over this. That number has changed. Its going up. I used to say 65,000. And now im saying 80,000 or 90,000 and it goes up and goes up rapidly. Also today, u. S. Senators and their staff get back to work on capitol hill. Officials have issued new guidelines but they arent mandatory and theres no widespread testing in place. House members will keep working from home for now. But across our country, millions of americans are getting back to work. States like arizona, florida, indiana and missouri all reopening businesses today. In all, eight states are relaxing restrictions today bringing the total to more than 30. More states are expected to take that step within the coming week as we get to phase two. We have reporters spread out across this country. And across the world. I want to go first to sam brock in clearwater beach, florida, where the beaches are
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Good morning, everyone. Im Ayman Mohyeldin at msnbc headquarters in new york and these are the facts at this hour. Eight more states are easing restrictions starting today which means more than half of the country is now forging ahead with their own plans to get back to business as President Trump tries to reassure americans it is safe to reopen while acknowledging the death toll could be significantly higher than the 60,000 he warned about just two weeks ago. The u. S. Recorded its deadliest day friday according to the world health organization. As of this morning, more than 68,000 of americans have died. Cases are nearing 1. 2 million overall. Our team of reporters are spread out across the country. Lets start at the white house with hans nichols for us this morning. Good to have you with us. You have numerous states reopening, starting to at least reopening, stating their reopening plans. The warmer weather presenting a challenge for social distancing. I saw that over the weekend in
Covid19 deaths and more than 1. 1 million confirmed cases. Our reporters are spread out acro across america to show the cities and towns taking their first steps to returning to normal. In texas, restaurants, malls, and mu view theaters are open at a quarter of their capacities. An executive order from Governor Greg Abbott allowed this as of yesterday. Texas has more than 30,000 confirmed cases and nearly 900 known deaths. Economies across the country are starting to let shops reopen. That presents new risks of contracting covid19. It also escalates the fight over balancing business and commerce with health in highrisk areas. According to the houston chronicle, a new analysis by zip code shows most of houstons coronavirus cases are in the citys poorest and predominantly black neighborhoods. As a result, city officials are sending more mobile testing sites to these areas. Priscilla thompson is at one of these sites in houston. What has the reaction been like from folks waiting to get te