Autocracy. Then the Trump Administration bungles the Coronavirus Response so badly at least three states are now as bad as new york was at the peak. Plus, with millions losing their eviction protection tonight and millions more in danger of losing their homes, congresswoman barbara lee on what needs to be done right now. And how trumps obsession with keeping the fbi headquarters close to his d. C. Hotel made it into the covid relief bill negotiations. All in starts now. Good evening from washington. Im in for chris hayes. First, it was portland. Now federal agents from the department of Homeland Security, the agency that was thrown together after 9 11 to protect the nation from terrorism are being dispatched to seattle. They claim to protect federal property. This comes after federal agents were sent to portland in early july where they have been using war tactics against american protesters, firing tear gas at crowds and throwing demonstrators into unmarked cars. So why did they deplo
Policing u. S. Streets. And a familiar face weighs in on the race for the white house. Good to have you with us. Well, the United States is rapidly closing in on 4 million cases of covid19. Thats a million more infected people than just two weeks ago. Nearly 69,000 new cases were reported on wednesday and for the second straight day the death tolls surpassed 200,000. The virus exploded from coast to coast. More than half the country has halted or rolled back reopening. Facemask requirements are in place or planned in at least 41 states. That could help save thousands of lives in the coming months according to the latest computer model and the u. S. Says it will pay drug maker pfizer nearly 2 billion to produce and deliver millions of vaccine doses if its proven safe and effective and if its approved. So cnns athena jones has the message. Reporter as the nation battles to get coronavirus under control, signs of progress on the vaccine front. The federal government reaching whats been ca
A very goods thursday morning to you. Im jim sciutto. And im pope harlow. We are on the verge of 4 million coronavirus cases in the United States, and a top Infectious Disease expert tells us just last hour that this virus is here to stay. Listen. We will never eradicate this virus. Its just like life him. Once it came into the world, started to spread around the world, we can do a lot to control it. This is here for the rest of all of humankind. Wow. This is a virus we wont get rid of. Sobering no question. Of course, a vaccine will make a difference. The nation has recorded more than 1,000 deaths in a day for the second straight day, and the virus is spreading so quickly weve seen more cases the past two weeks than we did in all of june. Thats a thing. The infection rate accelerating. Lets go first to cnn estephanie elam in los angeles. Officials there scrambling for enough ppe for Health Care Workers and its really Southern California around l. A. Where this is concentrated now. I m
Wants the cdcs guidelines on how to do that safely, those guidelines are too tough and we should just ignore them, regardless of what the president is saying on any given day and how much his stuff is parroted by republican officials in congress in the states and conservative media, regardless of all of that, the American Public is and consistently has been very, very united in our view that the situation is really bad, that the coronavirus is really dangerous, and we should be doing everything we can to protect ourselves from it and to end this pandemic in our country. I mean, check out this ap poll just out today. For all of the insistence from the white house that schools must reopen in person on time this fall, this poll out today finds precisely 8 of americans less than one in ten americans think school should open as normal, school should open as usual this year, 8 . Where as nearly half of americans think major adjustments will be needed to safely reopen schools. More than a thi
Features of this country is absolutely catastrophic coronavirus pandemic is whatever the president might be saying on any given day, that the virus will just disappear, or keeping businesses closed, the owner operating safely, is worse than tens of thousands of more americans dyeing or the nations schools should definitely all reopen in the fall and he will pull their funding if they dont because thats what everybody wants the cdcs guidelines on how to do that safely, those guidelines are too tough and we should just ignore them, regardless of what the president is saying on any given day and how much his stuff is par parroted by republican officials in congress in the states and conservative media, regardless of all of that, the American Public is and consistently has been very, very united in our view that the situation is really bad, that the coronavirus is really dangerous, and we should be doing everything we can to protect ourselves from it and to end this pandemic in our country