Activated in the near future. And well have eyes on whether there is any significant new evidence of community pockets around this nation. With regard to with regard to international travel, well continue to monitor the cases. Well follow the facts, the experts, and the science, and determine whether additional trievl advisories or restrictions are warranted. That being said, folks, were going to slip out. We will be back let me tell you, we will be back here question about preparedness. Well be back here every day. Get used to seeing us. Were going to bring the experts in. Well make sure to give you the best and most high quality realtime information from the best people in the world. So thank you all for being here. So there you have a halfhour briefing from the Vice President and top aides, experts in the u. S. Government on the coronavirus. Were watching all of this very, very closely. The stakes clearly are enormous right now. Quickly want to get some reaction from our experts who
Shutdown. There are large sections of our country, probably can go back much sooner than other sections. And were obviously looking at that also. People are asking, is that an alternative . I say absolutely. President trump also talking about the 2 trillion emergency relief bill that the senate has been struggling to pass, saying he thinks it will be passed soon and hell sign it immediately. All of this happening on what really is the deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic for United States. 215 new deaths reported today. At least 11 states now each are reporting more than 100 new cases of coronavirus just today. New york had 5,000 new reported cases. It is still the hardest hit state in the country, with nearly half of the national cases. There are more testing more tests in new york, and the majority of the cases are right here in new york city. 177 million americans are now under stay at home orders. Erica hill begins our coverage tonigh tonight. So many states right now, with 10
Problem itself, right . I continue to say it. The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself. We got to get our country open. This country was not designed to be closed. So we have the greatest weve ever had and then were paying people to stay home. Were paying people not to go to work. How about that . How does that play . And they want to go to work. They dont want money. This country is great. But were paying people. We have to get back to work. Thats what im saying. Joining me now, an msnbc medical contributor and internal physician. Dr dr. William shafter is a professor of infectious diseases. I see libby. You and i talked this morning and you said maybe donald trump needs to come to new york to see how things are. He vacillates between saying in fact he said probably two hours ago there will be a lot of death this week and next week and then its going to be terrible and then he skips right back into we got to get back to work. Seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding of the
Strikes which, of course, as you know, is well under way. The second phase will involve an intensified effort to train and equip the Iraqi Military and kurdish fighters. The final phase will center on destroying isis in syria, a military campaign that could last 36 months. Our senior White House Correspondent jim acosta joins me now more. Good morning, jim . Thats right. And remember Deputy National security advisor tony blinken told our wolf blitzer last week this could take some time, going into the next administration so that threeyear timetable is something Administration Officials have been talking about for about a week now. As for conducting air strikes in syria, senior Administration Officials say the president has not made a decision on that yet but at the same time one senior Administration Officials tells us the president and his top aides have started working on the speech that will be on wednesday to lay out this new isis strategy to the american people. Its one that the p
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