The president to save his own career. And how Donald Trumps fear of prosecution is fueling pardon talks for himself and his family. I hear that these same people that failed to get me in washington have sent every piece of information to new york so that they can try to get me there. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Today could be the single worst day ever during this pandemic so far. Tonight a record 100,000 americans are hospitalized. Look at that blue wave there, the light blue all the way over there on the right. 195,000 new cases today, thats a record. There were over 2,700 deaths recorded. We are getting very close to records there too. Were going to talk about the numbers and what they mean and where we are. But before we do that i just want to tell you a story. And its a story that is not particularly special or unique. I think almost everyone listening will relate to it. When i was in high school, my grandmother lived in an assisted liv
How one republican senator is admitting to humoring the president to save his own career and how Donald Trumps pardon is fueling talks. I hear that these same people that filed to get me in washington have sent every piece of information to new york so that they can try to get me there. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Today could be the single worst day ever during this pandemic so far. Tomorrow a record 100,000 americans are hospitalized. Look at that blue wave there, the light blue on the right. 195,000 new cases today, thats a record. There were over 2700 deaths recorded. We are getting very droes records there, too. Were going to talk ak the numbers and what they mean and where we are. But before we dee that, i want to tell you a story. Its a story that is not player special or unique. I think almost everyone listening will relate to it. My grandmother lived in an assisted care living faltd. Thats her there and my grand father. The assisted livi
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Have doubled since november 1. No region of our country has been spared. Nbc news has obtained the latest White House Task force report send to state this is week saying the covid risk to allamericans is at a historic high and warns we are in a very dangerous place to the extremely high covid baseline and limited hospital capacity. And just this morning an unvarnished assessment at long last, where we might be headed. This from the cdc director. The reality is that december and january and february are going to be rough times. I actually believe they will be the most difficult time in the Public Health history of the nation. Largely because of the stress that it is going to put on our health care system. We are in that range, potentially now, starting to see 1,500 to 2,000 to 2,500 deaths per day from the virus. I think before we see february, we could be close to 450,000 americans dying from the virus. There was another alarming projection today. Along the same lines from the folks ou
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