Welcome to msnbcs special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Ill ali velshi. Weve got a full slate of experts standing by to break down all the days developments. But first here are where things stand right now. At least 281 are dead across the United States. 23,000 are infected. More than 80 million americans being told to stay home. Today new jersey became the latest state to issue a stay at home order to its residents following similar directives in california, illinois and where i am here in new york. As medical professionals across the country continue to voice concerns over a lack of lifesaving supplies President Trump continues to try to shift the blame. Given this is one of the wealthiest most powerful countries in the world should this be happening . Shouldnt this have been resolved weeks ago . Ill tell you the way i look at it. Many administrations preceded me. For the most part they did very little in terms of what youre talking about. This is unprecedented. You can speak
As taylor tells lawmakers why he sent that text, democrats are working to protect the identity of the person who sparked the ukraine investigation, anonymous whistleblower. President trump says hes not sure that whistleblower should be protected and all of this happens as the new cnn poll this morning Shows Growing support for the impeachment inquiry. 50 of those asked say they think the president should be impeached and removed from office. And then in a disturbing tweet this morning, the president is now comparing the lawful impeachment probe to a lynching. A word, of course, that invokes racial terror, recalling the way thousands of black people were murdered in one of the darkest periods in American History. Manu raju is on capital hill. Kylie atwood joins us from washington. Kylie, you have an understanding of what it is that sondland excuse me. Sondland was about a week ago. Bill taylor is telling lawmakers behind closed doors, in particular, about his Text Messages with ambassad
Thats a good one. Thats corny. I was laughing when you came to me because i had the picture of air force one backing up over rudy. Of the president throwing him under air force one. If someone said to me, hey, don, is chris still your friend . And he said, i dont know. I havent spoken to him. What does that mean . Nothing good. It doesnt mean anything good. Can i Say Something . People will get mad at me. Oh, nobody will hear. Can we please have a fireside chat . I want a fireside chat. What is the president s ability to read the whole transcript without pausing to comment . Youre reading my mind. It would be so amazing. Im laughing. And i say, i would like you to do us a favor. A favor. I didnt expect just a favor. Let me go on. What i meant when i wrote this book, by the way, i wrote 12 books and they were all great. It would be really amazing. Were laughing but its serious. When fdr did it, they would talk about fascism and all that. It was about galvanizing the country around the c