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Firing of the state departments watchdog. Details on who might have pushed for that move to take place. We say good morning, its sunday, may 17th. Im kendis gibson. Ynindsaey rei. Good to be with you. Good morning, baltimore. I want to sing it. What is that . Hairspray. Good morning, baltimore i told you i wouldnt sing. I broke my promise. The studio is just cackling. The mayor says the city wont reopen until it gets more testing supplies. Coming up, well talk to a doctor in baltimore what summer may have to do with coronavirus. The sun is rising early in may. Nearly every state has reopened. And states are gearing up to ease more restrictions this week. Starting tomorrow, minnesota is set to lift lockdowns. Mall of america is opening up there, as well. In south florida, miamidade and broward counties, the last holdouts of the state, will open up. And you can get your pump on in texas, the gyms will be reopening come monday. Houses of worship will be allowed to reopen in South Carolina. A governor blocks an attendance of indoor gatherings of ten people. And it allows stores to reopen up to 50 capacity. Up to 50 people can gather for funerals. Its back to the races. Nascar returns after a tenweek hiatus. Its the first sport to restart during the pandemic. The first race will be in South Carolina this afternoon. There will be no fans in the stands. And new criticism from former president barack obama, giving commencement speeches in two ceremonies yesterday. He took aim at his successor, giving the most direct criticism of the administrations handling of the pandemic. Heres the grim numbers. 1. 4 million confirmed cases of covid19 across this country. Nearly 90,000, the horrible benchmark, nearly 90,000 people have died. Thats again in just about two months here in the United States. And more on former president obamas address and the white houses response. Monica alba is at the white house. Reporter the current occupant of the white house behind me has spent the last few weeks and months obsessed with his predecessor and the Obama Administration. A factcheck shows that the Obama Administration left some plans that the Trump Administration got rid of and replaced them with others. Here, we saw the former president taking very pointed language at his successor. We saw former president obama do that privately in some leaked audio last weekend, this was the first example of seeing him take it head of on. He didnt mention the current president by name. But listen how he responded to the federal response. More than anything, this pandemic has torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what theyre doing. A lot of them arent even pretending to be in charge. If the worlds going to get better, it will be up to you. Reporter the former president , there, trying to send an inspirational message to graduates as part of a National Event that took place for the class of 2020. For their part, the white house is responding. Again, no surprise. Criticizing the Obama Administration and the former president himself, with press secretary kaley mac nyleigh mce telling us, President Trump filled the stockpile depleted by his predecessor. We have the president who ushered in the hottest economy in modern history, ready to do it a second time. They are pushing back at the suggestion that the president has mishandled this pandemic. Theres been many instances in which the administration appeared to be caught offguard or behind in the timeline. That comes from Public Health officials. Here, we see an interesting dynamic. In the past, most president s would look too predecessors f forredfor advi advice, would try to usher them in. Thats not what we see with this current president. We have the earthquakes in haiti, where you have former president clinton and bush, uniting for the efforts down there. Were not seeing that coalition coming up at all because this president isnt asking for it. Im sure they werent happy with the top trending hash tags, wemissobama, obamaw obamawasbetterateverything. We have a window how this came down on friday night. When asked why this occurred, why the president moved forward with it and why now, a white house official tells me that it was secretary mike pompeo who recommended the move. And that the president agreed. He went forward with effectively firing the state Department Inspector general who was an obam obamaera appointee. That will happen 30 days from now. Lynnic has had apparently opened an investigation into the secretary of state for mishandling of the use of a Government Employee that he and his wife on a personal basis. Democrats are framing this as a potential act of retaliation against whatever that investigation might hold. Now, yesterday, they announced a larger investigation on the hill, into why this move was taken in the first place. Guys . Interesting timing there. Nbcs monica alba for us at the white house. Thank you. Now, to america reopening. Just as the cdc warns the coronavirus death toll in the u. S. Could surpass 100,000 by next month. This, as a new surge of protests, like this one in illinois. These images are just amazing. Obviously, social distancing doesnt happen. Masks. Theres a shortage of masks in illinois. Not really. It is putting pressure on local governments to speed the process. Heres nbc news correspondent Erin Mclaughlin. Reporter from coasttocoast, states are reopening. Things are getting back somewhat to normal. Experts warn that for some states, its too much, too soon. Across the country, a patchwork of reopenings. Im excited to get out of the house after two months. Reporter for many, its a weekend of cautiously getting back to business and having fun. The water park is now open. Reporter in new orleans, restaurants and retail shops, now open. Appointmentonly. 25 capacity. I feel like im in the twilight zone. I dont know what to expect. Reporter more than a month ago, a very different picture. The city, one of the first hot spots, hospital beds and ventilators on the verge of running out. An extension for washington, d. C. , as well, and parts of illinois remain on lockdown. At the state capital, protesters demanding full reopening. I dont think the risk is any higher of me going to a grocery store. Reporter and two states remain with full stayathome orders. Just nine states have met the testing criteria to reopen safely. My concern is theres states that get it wrong and the price will be paid in human lives. Reporter going into the summer season, the government is considering temperature checks at airports. This, as the holiday states brace for the crowds. Cars are streaming into the parks, to the l. A. Beachfront, reopenings, restrictions and worry. Everything at this time is kind of trial and error and unprecede unprecedented. I guess we have to see how it goes. Reporter in kentucky, at churchill downs, off to the races. Not a spectator in sight. Manhattan beached reopen. For the most part, people are following the rules. Many sunbathing, many without masks, all of that in the violation of countys orders. People are doing it anyway. That was Erin Mclaughlin in los angeles. Thank you. Now, to new york. And andrew cuomo says the number of the virus is declining. The live picture from above of times square. Theres currently more than 357,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in new york, with nearly 29,000 deaths. Msnbcs cori coffin joins us from times square. Cori, good morning to you. The number of new cases may be going down. But the governor, yesterday in his briefing, you know, he said the number of deaths that were seeing is holding steady. He called it a stubborn number. Is he expecting numbers to uptick as some of the state reopens . Its a frustratingly stubborn number. Its a certainty as they reopen, even with the partial reopening, and the slowmoving plan. He said, its an inevitability, why theres is a twoweek lag between that phase, to see what the phase looks like and what the numbers end up being. Thats why you have to have a way to contact trace. And you have to have the hospital beds available in case the numbers go up. But he said, really, how high those numbers go up is up the citizens of new york. If people are smart, yes, youll see some increase in the numbers. But you wont see a spike. Youll see spikes in countries that have opened. Youve seen spikes in states that have opened. We have an intelligent, i think the most intelligent system, but its reliant on what we do. Its reliant on human behavior. Be smart and be diligent and dont underestimate this virus. Reporter so, in parts of the state, almost half of the state, the five regions make up, you can do a lowrisk construction, manufacturing, Curbside Pickup for retail and other things like that. And the rest of new york remains on pause until at least the end of may, which is frustrating some new yorkers. In fact, in the capital region, they took to the capital to protest, a couple hundred of them calling for the govern eoro reopen the state in conformity. It would be hard to look at the state and say that new york city is on lockdown, with the good weather. So many people out and about. Well see if that has a longterm impact. Nbcs cori coffin from times square. Thanks, cori. Joining us is josh harstein from Johns Hopkins school of Public Health. Just as the warm weather is bringing people outside, theres new research that suggests that the summers heat, humidity and sunshine, could inhibit but not halt the spread. The Washington Post reports that a new data base put together by reachers at harvard, m. I. T. And other institutions, examines a host of conditions worldwide. And they found that the temperatures above 77 degrees is associated with the reduction in the virus transmission. How significant is this . And once people learn about this great news, do people socially distance and think that were good now . Thats the concern. Theres not a tremendous impact of weather on the virus. And you see that from very hot areas of the world that are having pretty significant problems with the coronavirus. I think theres a little bit of a benefit and we should use that to our advantage to drive the numbers down. Thats best done if were careful like Governor Cuomo said and we build a strong response of isolation, Contact Tracing and quarantine. Demonstration o is ecuador because its on the equator, and has had a huge outbreak of coronavirus. Theres a new piece in the Washington Post, i want to take note of, that says we could stop the pandemic by july 4th, if the government took these steps frequent testing, positive tests until no new positive cases are found. It encourages voluntary isolation to prevent further disease spread. Isolation patients would receive a federal stipen to discourage them from returning to work too soon. Its what australia does and other countries do. Is that realistic . And does the country have the capacity to do Something Like that, as far as you know . Those are good ideas. I dont think we should be making promises we can get rid of everything by july 4th. We should be honest with the american people, honest with ourselves. This is a very serious situation were in, with nearly 90,000 people who have already died and many more at risk. It is absolutely true. More testing, Contact Tracing, isolation quarantine will save a lot of lives and allow us to reopening the economy faster. Thats true. And i do think that strong leadership and good explanations to people, will understand why this is important. We started a free online course of Contact Tracing on Johns Hopkins. 8 million views of the website. And more than 150,000 people have signed up for the course. We know theres a lot of solutions. That article that kendis mentioned, it talks about dividing the country into zones, red, yellow, green, based on the number per capita. That would be on the tests each state was conducting, what preventive measures could be taking place. There seems to be no cohesive national strategy. And every state is deciding what they want to do. Would Something Like that be within the realm of possibility and would that help . I think thats the role that many of us anticipated the federal government would be playing, having a national strategy. Unfortunately, we dont have one at the moment. Its up to the states. Most of the states are doing some version of dividing up by red, yellow, green. That concept, that the restrictions can track a little bit, the course of the epidemic, makes sense. I dont agree with everything in the article. I dont think its a good idea to open large gathering anywhere in the United States because people travel. All it takes is one major event and suddenly, you have deaths. Even a minor event, like a choir practice. And there were 70 cases and 2 deaths. Doctor in baltimore, johns hopki hopkins. When we look at the graphics on the righthand side of the screen, those numbers are coming from many of your scientists and coworkers at Johns Hopkins. And many experts are saying that the officials numbers are too low. Lately, the narrative coming out of the white house and the president himself, is that the death count may be artificially high. What do you say . I dont think thats true at all. I heard clearly, dr. Fauci doesnt think thats true at all. Theyre probably low and probably low because people are dying not getting a coronavirus test. Theres many, many more people dying than usually die at this time. And theres an obvious reason for that. And that is the coronavirus. Doctor, quickly, we see the images of people outside. You say that a choir practice will be dangerous. At this point, a trip to the park has many more people than a choir practice would. Do you think shaming people into Wearing Masks is an effective strategy . A trip to the park with social distancing, youre outside, plenty of ventilation, a lot safer than a closed room and someone singing, and if someone sick sending viral particles around the room. We have to be thoughtful and not have a onesizefitsall approach. Its true that outside is a little more safer. But we have to keep our wits about us. People should stay apart from others. They should distance and be respectful, wear masks if youre anywhere close. Those sorts of things, those decisions by individual people are going to make an enormous difference. You can tell when youre outside, that people dont know what to do, some are passing too close, some go way out of our way. Were trying to grapple how we should conduct ourselves outside. Dr. Sharfstein, thank you. Cutting out cash . How Digital Payments could get a push. And the future of flight. The lockdown and how it can change travel habits forever. L r versus the other guys. Clearly, velveeta melts creamier. Proof i can fight moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. Proof i can fight psoriatic arthritis. With humira. Proof of less joint pain. And clearer skin in psa. Humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contributes to joint pain and irreversible damage. 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