the royal family simply don t recognize some of the things that harry and meghan told oprah. this is actually a slap in the face, i think. announcer: this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. it is wednesday, march 10th, 6:00 here in new york. and this morning, the house of representatives is poised to take president biden s massive rescue plan over the finish line. in just a few hours, lawmakers will debate and hold a final vote on the $1.9 trillion relief package. it will deliver the largest ever direct payments to americans, bringing help to millions who are struggling. this will be a major legislative victory on president biden s 50th day in office. the president plans to sign it ahead of a prime-time address to the nation tomorrow night. that s one year after the pandemic plunged the country into shutdown. so he doesn t really have much selling to do w
Tonight theyre reporting that this 117bed hospital at united memorial is considering just becoming a 100 covid facility because they mostly have Covid Patients now anyway, and their numbers in North Houston just keep rising and rising relentlessly. So i want to show you this footage from the ap tonight because its a rare scene that most of us dont usually get to see of how this all ends, of what the inevitable consequence is of these skyrocketing numbers. Over 3 million cases now in the United States. Regularly 50,000 new cases a day now. Record hospitalizations in arizona, florida, texas, california, all over. The inevitable consequence of all of that is what happens in hospital rooms like this one youre about to see in North Houston. And i frankly also wanted foosee this tonight specifically because the doctors at this hospital working with Covid Patients and trying to save these patients lives, they specifically want the country to see this. The doctors in this hospital invited the
Thank tuesday you at home for joining us this hour. Today an Associated Press reporter was able to shoot some remarkable footage inside united Memorial Medical Center. United Memorial Medical Center is a relatively small hospital on the north side of houston, texas. The whole hospital has i believe 117 beds. Right now 88 of those 117 beds are devoted to Covid Patients. So the reporter and the ap, tonight theyre reporting that this 117bed hospital at united memorial is considering just becoming a 100 covid facility because they mostly have Covid Patients now anyway, and their numbers in North Houston just keep rising and rising relentlessly. So i want to show you this footage from the ap tonight because its a rare scene that most of us dont usually get to see of how this all ends, of what the inevitable consequence is of these skyrocketing numbers. Over 3 million cases now in the United States. Regularly 50,000 new cases a day now. Record hospitalizations in arizona, florida, texas, cal
Also overnight, 61,000 new cases of coronavirus in the United States. The death toll now tops 140,000 americans. More than 12,000 new cases were reported in florida, where dozens of hospital icus are at capacity. Arizona is reporting a record death toll, as well. And the president , hes bored with it. That is a remarkable quote in the New York Times this morning from a republican political strategist. This report says that some in the white house, including chief of staff mark meadows, a want to avoid drawing attention to the pandemic, as if people wont notice the tens of thousands dead and millions infected. We want to begin our coverage with cnns Brynn Gingras live in north brunswick, new jersey, at the deadly shooting at a federal judges home. Brynn, it is extremely unusual and unsettling to see the home of a federal judge targeted. Reporter yeah, john. And this is a quiet neighborhood this morning. Everyones in their homes, but you can see behind me the crime scene tape up. This is
Thursday night. Thank you so very much for spending some time here with us. On behalf of all my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night. This is dr. Joseph varone from houston, texas. He is the chief medical officer of united memorial medical center, which is in north houston. Im pretty much fighting two wars, a war against covid and a war against stupidity, and the problem is that the first one,vy some hope about winning, but the second one is becoming more and more difficult to treat. And why do i say that . Because people are not listening, whether its science or just plain old common sense, people are not listening throughout the country. I worked this past wednesday. I had three patients. I i wasnt feeling too good at the beginning of the shift, so i let dr. Varon know. He was like, you need to get to the e. R. , and they told me i was positive. I couldnt breathe. I was at work, and i couldnt breathe. So the little wind that i had left, i made it home, and my wife calle