which he had been hospitalized for the past several weeks. though it s not known where he contracted the virus, his positive covid test late last month made news in part because he had recently attended a donald trump rally in tulsa, oklahoma, where social distancing and face masks were noticeably absent. several trump staffers working on the event also tested positive. mr. cain s death comes as multiple states continue to break grim, new records in coronavirus cases and deaths. we re going to have more on that as well later in this show. we ll also get some expert help on news today in the case of donald trump s former national security adviser, this man, michael flynn, who appeared very close to having the entire case against him dropped by trump s justice department. an appeals court may have stepped in to say, not so fast. and of course, it was another day in which the nation was consumed by a presidential tweet. now, it continues to be this preside president s one neat t
presidential candidate herman cain has died. the cause was covid-19, for which he had been hospitalized for the past several weeks. though it s not known where he contracted the virus, his positive covid test late last month made news in part because he had recently attended a donald trump rally in tulsa, oklahoma, where social distancing and face masks were noticeably absent. several trump staffers working on the event also tested positive. mr. cain s death comes as multiple states continue to break gym nrim new records. we ll get some expert help on news today in the case of donald trump s former national security adviser, this man, michael flynn, who appeared very close to having the entire case against him dropped by trump s justice department. an appeals court may have stepped in to say, not so fast. and of course it was another day in which the nation was consumed by a presidential tweet. now, it continues to be this president s one neat trick. we know he s baiting us
good to see you. we ll see you again on monday. how many people are sick with the coronavirus in the united states and when did they get sick? answering these questions are crucial but they have never been answered well and it seems that federal government dramatically misunderstood what was happening in america as the coronavirus outbreak began. on the last day of february, the cdc reported that 15 americans had tested positive for covid-19. today the reported number is more than a million and at least some of the death and i can domincom economic damage could have been avoided if we started testing earlier. as more states prepare to work out, we re far from the end and mid crisis lesson to learn our past failures do not need to dictate actions. as former head of the world bank wrote in the new yorker next week, it s not too late to go on the offense against the coronavirus and there are promising signs that our offense efforts are working but we ll only succeed if we re
to open back up for business, we re far from the end of this scourge, and the mid crisis lesson to learn is that our past failures do not need to dictate our future actions. as global health official and former head of the world bank jim yong kim wrote in the new yorker last week, it s not too late to go on the offense against the coronavirus. and there are promising signs that our nascent offensive efforts are working but will only succeed if we re guided by one thing, and that one thing is data. there is no other way to defeat coronavirus. all of our decisions must be based on the evidence available to us, not on the basis of political advantage nor on the basis of misdirected protests. we can only succeed if we follow the science, and that much is going to be our focus in the hour ahead. tonight in a week with so many medical and science headlines to keep track of, i am once again grateful to be joined by dr. zeke emanuel for the hour. dr. emanuel is an nbc news and msnbc
good to see you. we ll see you again on monday. how many people are sick with the coronavirus in the united states and when did they get sick? answering these questions are crucial but they have never been answered well and it seems that federal government dramatically misunderstood what was happening in america as the coronavirus outbreak began. on the last day of february, the cdc reported that 15 americans had tested positive for covid-19. today the reported number is more than a million and at least some of the death and economic damage could have been avoided if we started testing earlier. as more states prepare to open back up for business, we re far from the end of this scourge, and the mid crisis lesson to learn our past failures do not need to dictate our future actions. wrote in the new yorker as former head of the world bank wrote in the new yorker next week, it s not too late to go on the offense against the coronavirus and there are promising signs that our o