Amid a new report today the russians tried to hack the Biden Campaign. And why the largest fire in californias history is another National Wakeup Call on the climate catastrophe. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The president has spent the last six years both in and out of office stoking fear and panic about everything from ebola to antifa. So its a bit much to hear the reason he lied to americans about the deadly severity of the coronavirus was because he didnt want to panic people. You wont downplay it again. You said you downplayed it. No. I dont want to jump up and down and start screaming death, death because thats not what its about. Jumping up and down screaming death, death is basically the trump 2020 campaign slogan. Look, were talking about the coronavirus. This wasnt some asteroid heading towards earth that we couldnt stop and whats the use of all getting worked up in their last moments . No, there was a lot we could have done. In fac
Also a federal judge rebuking attorney general barr for convictions from multiple trump aids. Were going to get into that as well. Right now we begin with the big story. The democratic nomination for who will take on President Trump hangs in the balance. Today is the first full day this has been a twoperson race and the last friday before another primary day that could fortify joe bidens lead as he tries to consolidate the party. Biden leading with over 600 and 20 delegates to sanders 553, which means theyre just about 70 delegates apart. Mow, wh now, when that is the margin, call it a mini tuesday that awards 352 delegates is a big deal. Whats coming on tuesday, what everyone has their eye on tonight could hammer home joe bidens lead or disrupt things again and make them closer. Voters in six different states will weigh in tuesday. Now, sanders had won four in 2016 but there are clue bidens momentum is continuing. Take michigan. Sanders win with clinton was a defining moment and she w
Persontoperson with a range in rate that clearly meets the definition. Cnn will start using that term. It is a pandemic with one u. S. Official saying weve moved past containment to mitigation. Breaking news on new economic fallout this morning that seems immense. Huge selloffs around the world, some of the biggest losses weve seen yet. The oil markets collapsed. At this moment dow futures are plummeting pointing to a sharp drop at the open. The death toll in the u. S. Is 22 with 565 cases across 34 states and washington, d. C. Those numbers keep going up. Its hard to keep track. Eight states have declared official emergencies. Worldwide coronavirus has killed more than 3,800 and infected more than 108,000. 16 Million People in italy are on lockdown to try to contain this. After being stuck off the coast of northern california, the grand princess cruise ship is expected to dock today. 21 people tested positive, 19 are crew members, two are passengers. All the roughly 3,50 people on boa
We have assembly, people at cpac who have it. Were doing rallies. Id love too know wh know about move forward with this thing instead of the tweets that seem to be down playing it saying the Fake News Media is responsible. And you also have to have a government that does believe in the science because they cant read act if react if it doesnt believe that it is real. And then the experts like dr. Fauci feel comfortable talking about the science. Actually seeing them take something that is science, weather prediction, and change it for political needs makes me wonder do we have a problem with testing kits or does donald trump not want to know how many people have coronavirus. Air high five. Appreciate you, thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a. M. Joy. Whether youre worrying about whether ontoget into the uber or stay home there work and perhaps fretting over whether the Trump Administration is competent to keep you safe in the midst of this rapidly growing coronaviru
Are awaiting the Vice President Public Health officials and other members of the white houses Coronavirus Task force to brief the public and take questions from reporters. As the number of cases in the u. S. Has just recently now risen to 620. More than that, actually. Across more than 30 states and the district of columbia. The u. S. Surgeon general today warned that he expects the number of cases to increase rapidly. He also suggested the u. S. Is shifting its strategy to focus on mitigating the threat, signaling that the efforts to contain the virus are failing. Economic anxieties are also building, markets today plummeted more than 7 . It was the worst single day since the height of the 2008 financial crisis. The selloff was so severe in morning that it triggered a rare halt in all trading. On capitol hill we now have at least five members of congress who are kwaurn teeng themselves after potentially being exposed to the vierg and two of the five have had recent contact with Presid