Thank you again for joining us. As the coronavirus pandemic rages around the world like a wildfire, the u. S. State of georgia, right here, is bucking the stay at home mandate by reopening businesses that invite close contact. The exact opposite of social distancing. This is a state that already has more than 22,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than 800 deaths. Almost all of them since mid march and those numbers keep growing daily. Yet in the coming hours, barber shops, massage parlors, gyms, bowling alleys will have the option of reopening to customers. Restaurants and movie theaters will be allowed to reopen on monday. Health experts say this move is premature. Even President Trump says he disapproves. I want the states to open more than he does, much more than he does, but i didnt like to see spas at this early stage nor did the doctors, is that a correct statement, deborah . I didnt like to see spas opening frankly. I didnt like to see a lot of things happening and i wa
Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york. Remember monday the decision about when and whether to reopen the country was in Donald Trumps hand. He had the total authority. Got an update for you, now the buck stops in 50 other state capitals. Donald trump total can pit lags on how to ease the social distancing restrictions, is complete. The plan released yesterday by the white house, handing all decisions over to the states. The New York Times writes it up this way, quote the 18page document released by the white house provided mostly general guidance and did not confront some difficult questions, including how to finance the billions of dollars necessarily for expanded testing, whether travel should be restricted between states, when the ban on International Travel from europe and elsewhere would be lifted. The ability to quickly contain future outbreaks by quarantining sick people and their contacts but they few specifics about how Strained Public Health Systems around the country will achie
Midmay today, but across the country, the competing signals. The governor of ohio already planning 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 has to step out of the e. R. , she says, 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. The new numbers just in. Now 22 million americans out of a job in the last month. More than 5 million workers filing unemployment claims in j
Mumbled something through the mask. I couldnt understand what he was saying. So i took off the mask and he said, i do not want to die alone. Frankly, were tired and there is nobody to be able to do our jobs. If you want to live, stay home. My god. Dont open up this country. It needs to be closed until at least june. Please. Those are just some of the voices from medical workers on the front lines thanks to the video diaries in the epicenter of the citys battle with coronavirus. Welcome to tuesday. Its meet the press daily. Good evening. Im continuing the special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Were roughly 30 minutes away from the scheduled start of todays White House Task force briefing following the president s meeting with new york governor andrew cuomo. While were waiting to see if cuomo decides to speak at the white house itself, we do know he just finish that had meeting and called in to msnbc to give his headlines from the meeting. He told my colleague Nicole Wallace that
In the coming days should wait until at least early june in order to prevent an onslaught of new infections. As of today, the u. S. Death toll is more than 46,000 people with more than 800,000 confirmed cases. Worldwide there are more than 2. 6 million cases and 182,000 confirmed deaths, probably a lot more than that. Lets go straight to the white house. First, our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta joins us. Jim, what are you learning about this doctor who says he was removed from this key position because he was questioning some treatments that the president is pushing . Reporter thats right, wolf. This leading Government Official working on Vaccine Development for the coronavirus, dr. Rick bright, says in a statement hes asking for an Inspector General to investigate his removal. Hes filing a whistleblower complaint, accusing Administration Officials for retaliating against him for speaking out against what he says are questionable treatment for coronavirus like hydroxychlor