administration it will be, i guess time will tell. but i can tell you, this administration will not good to a lockdown. who knows? well, we know the man set to replace him in january president-elect joe biden is hitting back, saying, quote, urgent action is needed today, now by the current administration, starting with an acknowledgment of how serious the current situation is. so we begin tonight on the ground in two hard hit parts of the country. msnbc s corey kaufman is in o clare, wisconsin. and reporter valerie castro is standing by in el paso, texas. thank you both for being here. cory, i want to start with you. things so bad in wisconsin you actually have the health department there declaring an entirely new category. tell us more. yeah, health department officials are stunned over this. so the previous high category was very high, and that was about 350 people or cases per 100,000 people. all counties in the state of wisconsin passed that to the point at which they
inauguration and joe biden is finally set to receive his first presidential daily briefing monday. the u.s. now reporting more than 13 million cases of covid-19 since the start of the pandemic and it could spike more in the wake of the thanksgiving gatherings and breaking overnight, l.a. county issuing a new stay-at-home order, placing stricter limits on gatherings, and occupancy at businesses as the cdc advising they re reportedly gathering for an emergency meeting, to discuss who they think should be the first in line to get a vaccine. we do say good morning. it is saturday, november 28th. i m kendis gibson. i m lindsey riser. hope you had a nice thanksgiving. maybe small wer more leftovers in the fridge but we re happy you re with us and a team of reporters following the latest, the first to washington where president trump appeared to backtrack on the comments he made about plans to leave the white house in january. so on thursday, the president said for the first tim
a war of words between the new york state governor and the president, hear what prompted the very latest. new hope. in some cases, one drug seems to be working to treat covid-19. details on why it can t be used more broadly. details, how some critical food suppliers closing could cause shortages across the united states. good morning. it is saturday, april 18th. i m lindsay riser. and i m kendis gibson. thanks for being here, everybody. this morning, there are nearly 700,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across this country. at least 3600 people have died. here is the very latest. this morning, a growing push by the white house to start reopening the economy. vice president mike pence says states have enough tests to start reopening under phase one of the white house guidelines. as the administration faces pressure to ramp up testing. we believe today that we have the capacity in the united states to do a sufficient amount of testing for states to move into phase