Neck tie was in here. Did you sneak in my closet . No, i just never gave it back. I was hoping you wouldnt remember. I have not worn it sense. I said, if he came into this office, he better have worn gloves. Im the covid kid. Im negative and i have the antibodies. I dont feel bad now. This is as close as i could get because it was blue. So im really happy that you are back. You are always better dressed. You are always better looking. I couldnt even find a pocket square. Did you take my pocket square . No, this is my dads. I actually gave you a pocket square. You have been a tremendous friend. You always have been. I love you for who you are and how you are. You really took care of my family. Ill never forget it. Well, thank you very much. Can i Say Something as they work on there we go. Its up now, you can go now. Im kidding. They were working on my teleprompter. Can i Say Something sure, its your show. Were looking at these new models that are coming out and they should be concerning
Been just the last hour, the governor of new jersey announcing schools in the state will stay closed for the remainder of the academic year. And jay crew has filed for bankruptcy. The first retailer to do so during this pandemic. We have our nbc news team of reporters spread across the nation, on the ground, ready to help break down todays stories. One question this month is how state leaders will continue to grapple with the mounting public pressure to reopen, particularly in this struggling economy. Warm temperatures and sup this weekend brought people from the country to come outside in many places. We saw bustling malls and businesses around atlanta, georgia, all the way out to central park and new york city. Meanwhile, in states like virginia, testing has been ramping up. Hospital admissions are relatively stable. All eyes on the governor to see how he may extend the ban on nonessential businesses. Joining us now is katie beck. Katie . Reporter thats right, ari. Its supposed to ex
New york tiles first reported today a leaked draft from the centers for Disease Control that suggest 3,000 deaths per day by the beginning of june. That is nearly twice the daily death rate were currently experiencing and forecast 200,000 new cases each day by the end of the month up from 25,000 cases a day currently. Now, that sounds very high and we should note here modelling the future course of the virus has been notoriously difficult. You never really know what to make of anything that comes out of the Trump Administration. Today the white house distanced itself from that document saying this is not a white house document nor has it been presented to the Coronavirus Task force or gone inter agency vetting. This is not done by the task force or data the task force analyzed and the numbers are unfinished, projections shown to the cdc as a work in progress. While the exact numbers and charts in the cdc document may differ from the final results, they show accurately how covid19 cases
Lap. I think that weve achieved all the different milestones that are needed. So the the government, federal government, rose to the ch challenge, and this is a Great Success story. The federal government has done a a spectacular job. But the plan had medical experts reacting quite differently. The white house plan calls for around 7 million a month. Were talking about a million a day. So you can see the delta here. Its like four times off in terms of the amount of testing that we need to be doing here. It isnt perfect, and were not there yet. And were not. But were going to get there. Were going to get there soon, i hope. And theyll need to because the only true end to this pandemic, the holy grail, a vaccine is, still, on the horizon. I think theres no question that the speed at which these vacci vaccine trials have been going is unprecedented. Vaccines can take decades to make. Hivaids, 40 years, and we still dont have a vaccine. That gives you an idea of how challenging this can be
Experts that reopening of the economy will put the nation right back where it was in midmarch when cases were rising in some parts of the countries that patients were dying on gurneys in hospital hallways. So lets begin this hour over at the white house. And our correspondent there kaitlan collins. And sobering numbers coming out today. What is the white house saying about this . Reporter well, theyre trying really to distance themselves from the projections by saying this is not a d a document that came from the west wing and formally presented to the Coronavirus Task force and the task force has not met in person as they are scaling back the number of meetings that theyre having but this modeling is not reflective of the data that task force has been looking at. So they are trying to put distance but not denying the authenticity of the projections that youre seeing and you wonder how much theyre taking it into account. You saw the president last night revise the death toll of what he