Reported in this incredibly thorough portrait of the white houses struggles to contain this virus, if the administrations initial response to the coronavirus was denial, its failure to control the pandemic since then, was driven by dysfunction and resulting in a lost summer, according to the report that emerges from interviews with 41 Senior Administration officials and other people directly involved in or briefed on the response efforts. And dysfunction pretty much sums up where we stand right now with Coronavirus Relief talks stalled on capitol hill. The president s executive actions have sewed confusion among state officials and they might not be constitutional either. The president is claiming his actions have somehow pressured democrats to restart negotiations, and he claims that schumer and pelosi now want a deal. Hes also claiming that democrats called him to restart talks. But so far no one knows what hes talking about. Two senior democratic aides tell nbc news that there has b
Will address the pandemic and the hurricane. Approaching there. It comes as the president is drawing a rare rebuke from republicans even one of his predecessors for raising the alarming possibility of delaying the november election. This as more states opt for mailin ballots due to the danger of voting in the pandemic. We should note only congress can delay the election. That said, its part of a larger effort to delegitimize the election in advance. Randi kaye has the top story, that is the approaching hurricane in the midst of a pandemic storm. Reporter absolutely. We are awaiting for the hurricane to approach. 253 deaths yesterday. Florida still leads the nation in new cases, new daily cases. Nearly 10,000 yesterday. 9,956. 50 hospitals in the state are without icu beds at all. They have run out of them. So all of this as were waiting for this hurricane that is brewing out there to come to florida. It is supposed to get here on saturday and then work its way up the east coast. We are
And minnesota could be the next centers of new spikes if new mitigation efforts are not widely embraced. Twitter has removed a viral video retweeted by President Trump showing doctors wearing White Lab Coats spouting dangerous and misleading claims about how masks dont stop coronavirus and how hydroxychloroquine can be part of the cure. This morning the president is defending sending those comments out to his 80 million twitter followers. I was very impressed with her as other doctors that stood with her. I think she made sense. But i know nothing about it, i just saw her making a statement with very respected doctors. She was not alone. She was making the statement about hydroxychloroquine with other doctors that squawear by they think its great. Joining me is dr. Anthony fauci, director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Dr. Fauci, thank you for being here, welcome, thanks for being with us on the show. Weve hit a terrible milestone, more than 150,000 ameri
The white house for us. What happened with the talks and negotiations . Well, alex with after three hours of meeting at capitol hill today, both democrats and the president s negotiators emerged to say that there was progress today. They are by no means imminent that they are not there yet. Still both suggesting that there was some reason for optimism. Senator Chuck Schumer was saying these are the negotiations that they yet. Take a listen to what he had to say a few minutes ago. He had, really, it was it was the best discussions weve had so far. And id call it progress, but a ways to go. This is not a a usual discussion because the urgency is so great. Healthwise, financial healthwise and, again, the health of our democracy because our elections will be affected by the coronavirus. And we must address that. We also heard in just the last few minutes from the republican negotiators from the white house both the secretary and the treasury, Steven Mnuchin and the president s chief of sta
His pick as soon as this week. On the other split screen, the but first, as coronavirus president of the United States continues to spread and the voting in the luxury of 1600 economic crisis deepens those in power are giving americans pennsylvania avenue with his little reason to trust they can mailin ballot from palm beach, make things better. Florida in his slippers. During a week in which the death that is literally what is going toll from the virus surpassed on in the country right now. To follow up on that in terms of the president. I think you were taken aback 150,000 President Trump retweeted a video of a doctor by the slippers. I was. That said falsely you did trip me up a little bit hydroxchloroquine is a cure for covid19. He again claimed, falsely, that by the image. I made that up. That was a guess. If we tested less there would be a guess. Well, you shared that image fewer cases. A recent poll found nearly half with all of our viewers now. Of the country does not trust tha