Welcome to friday. It is meet the press daily. Good evening i am chuck todd continuing msnbcs breaking News Coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. We are closing out a week many would have thought unimaginable a few short weeks ago. The u. S. Is now closing in on 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases. More than 16,000 americans have died at this point. The country has been essentially shut down for weeks now. Roughly 10 of the workforce so far has lost their jobs. There are, however, some encouraging signs that the drastic social distancing measures instituted around the country are starting to slow the spread of the virus. Theyre doing exactly what it was intended to do. The number of new cases is showing signs of plateauing nationally and the latest data out of the epicenter in new york especially the data of new hospitalizations are encouraging as well. Which has ignited a fierce debate about what post peak america will and should look like. President trump is reportedly pushing his te
Tonight from inside the Briefing Room. In just a few minutes President Trump will be revealing his opening up in america guidelines, he hopes to turn the corner of what we have been experiencing during this Coronavirus Crisis and we have received a copy of the guidelines from chad pergram, he got them from our sources and here is what they say. For states that satisfy the socalled gating criteria of a downward trajectory for 14 days, the first guidelines call for all vulnerable individuals to remain sheltering in place, continue social distancing in public, avoid groups of ten or more people, returned to work in phases, keep schools closed, restaurants, movie theaters, sporting venues can operate under strict physical distancing. Elective surgeries can be resumed, gyms can open but bars must stay closed. As cases continue to decline, states will be enter phase two when restrictions can be pulled back further including reopening schools and reopening bars. If the situation continues to
Do. So, testing, tracing, isolation, yes. We have to do that in concert with the federal government. Again, no ones done it before. No one has done it to this volume. And second, for the states to do this role of reopening, we need funding. And the passed federal legislation has not provided it. Its that simple. They funded many good causes hospitals, small businesses, et cetera. Yeah, but you now want the State Governments to do all this work do this, do this, do this, do this. Okay, ill do everything i can. I need your help with the things i cant. But you have to provide funding, because at the same time, the State Governments are broke. And thats not just me. Thats every governor in the United States. Thats the National Governors association, the chairman, governor hogan, good man, republican, and myself, vice chairman for the National Governors association, wrote a joint letter saying the states need 500 billion in funding because i have to be afloat and have some capacity to do al
American cities tonight. Why in cities like chicago more than 70 of than 70 of deaths are African American patients. Navy mess the acting Navy Secretary tells the crew of the u. S. S. Theodore roosevelt its former captain was stupid after raising the alarm about covid19 on the aircraft carrier. E effort to fia back to work. We go inside the effort to find people who had the virus and may have an immunity that can reopen reopen the u. S. Economy. Frd tonight, from online sing alongs to social distancing dancing, how families are making the most of time spent at home. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening and thank you for joining us. We begin tonight with breaking news, and it is sobering. Tonight more than 10,000 people have been killed by the coronavirus here in the u. S. And experts say we should brace for things to get even worse before the thing is over. The toll of the virus is hard to aathom. Nearly half of the
Midmay today, but across the country, the competing signals. The governor of ohio already plank to ease some restrictions. In south dakota, a state that never issued a stay at home order, that major outbreak at a Food Processing plant. Hundreds sickened, now the largest cluster in the nation. And tonight, many hospitals across the country, doctors and nurses, still stretched to the limit. The moment one doctor f the e. R it was too much. Also developing tonight, the horrific toll on some of the most vulnerable. New reporting on a terrible discovery. At least 15 found dead in a small morgue at one new jersey nursing home. Police tipped off when more body bags were requested. 68 dead since just january, two nurses among the victims. Tonight, the investigation. The financial toll on American Families growing tonight. 22 million americans out of a job in the last month. More than 5 million workers filing unemployment claims in just the last week. The food lines across this country, even as