That is roughly equal to the population of the cities of tuscaloosa, alabama or burbank, california or south bend, indiana. And in this area, sadly, the United States leads the world. The cases continue to mount. Right now north of 1. 7 million. Thats just in our country, just what we know of. The increase in deaths from early march until now has been relentless, startling in its speed. 100,000 people gone in fewer than 100 days. This is some of what we heard from the president as the virus was claiming more and more victims. Are you worried about a pandemic at this point . No, were not at all. And were we have it totally under control. Looks like by april, you know, in theory when it gets a little warmer it miraculously goes away. I hope thats true. Were finding very little problem. Very little problem. Now, you treat this like a flu. When you have 15 people and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero its going to disappear. One day its like a miracle. It w
Former chief Public Affairs officer for moveon, karine jeanpierre, now a Senior Adviser to the Biden Campaign. And historian and author of the soul of america, jon meacham joins us. Hes an nbc news and msnbc contributor. We will play for you more of joe bidens message that was played at George Floyds funeral, and the other moving speakers, including reverend al. Well also get down to yesterdays breakdown in georgias voting process. This is a big story. The secretary of state is opening an investigation after reports of long waits, Voting Machines not working and a lack of ballots in some areas. Plus, stop us if youve heard this before, President Trumps latest push of a Conspiracy Theory on twitter draws mostly silence from republicans on capitol hill. And his own aides horrified by the fact that he keeps digging himself in a deeper hole in this crisis. And one other major headline this morning, several states are seeing a rise in hospitalization rates due to coronavirus. And dr. Anthon
A California couple was arrested and charged over the shooting of an unarmed Black man at a gas station, with prosecutors pursuing the case as a race-based hate crime.
The awaited Ahmaud Arbery Verdict for the killing of the 25-year-old Black man from Georgia, Ahmaud Arbery, has been released with the three men found guilty of hate crimes and other charges by a federal jury.