Predicts the u. S. Coronavirus death top 100,000 by june first. The Trump Administration launching operation warp speed with the goal of having vaccine developed by the end of this year but President Trump says the nation will move ahead with reopening with or without a vaccine david punt is live at the white house with more, hi, david. David hey, arthel, President Trump right now is at camp david with senior advisers, but the heads of the Health Foreign Relations Committee and democratic of Foreign Relations committee sent letter to white house chief of staff mark meadows demanding answers of latenight firing state department general that President Trump announced he was firing last night, latest of Inspector Generals that President Trump fired in recent weeks i should say. I want to read something from chairman engle, a statement he put out last night talking about firing. He wrote, i learned that Inspector General opened investigation into secretary pompeo, mr. Linnex firing of such
In the colorado area. At this time, our team is working with the governor, and working with the senator, to ensure that we flow testing resources. At this point, there are some 14 people hospitalized, maybe two to 300 of the work force have been impacted, and we spoke about providing those resources this week. We will provide those resources this weekend. He spoke about providing those resources this weekend. This weekend. Right away. Vice president , right on it. Right away. Were all working together on this. A serious situation. Dont worry. Weve got this. Were on it. As Vice President pence said, there as he spoke, there were 14 people from that one workplace who already had been hospitalized. I should tell you, by that same night, the night that mike pence spoke about that plant in greeley, colorado, that evening, two people who worked at that plant died. But if the white house is on it, the plant was working with the white house directly, i mean theyre being talked about publicly b
Members of the White House Coronavirus task force are self quarantining after possible exposure to covid19. Dr. Anthony fauci, the cdc director and the fda commissioner all have come into direct contact with at least one of two house aides who tested positive for the virus. Meanwhile moor states are set to ease restrictions. You new hampshire, construction, Car Dealerships and horse racing can restart their businesses in kentucky. And most restaurants can begin limited dinein services this week in arkansas, indiana and arizona. In california, where many restrictions are still in place electric car maker tesla decided to sue Alameda County to challenge the shutdown of its factory. Elon musk tweeted saturday that the countys order was the final straw and he is now considering moving the companys headquarters to texas or nevada. Lastly, the United States surpassed another grim milestone. More than 80,000 people have died of covid19 in the u. S. 1. 3 Million People have been infected. Lets
Away. The fatalities continue to be significant each and every day. Were watching certain metrics and looking at a pattern of numbers before we make any decisions. Everything is going to be based on the numbers and the science. Were not going to do anything thats going to put anybody in more danger. On many of these things, im not really comfortable getting too far ahead of ourselves. There are also signs that after seven weeks of lockdowns, Many Americans are getting restless. In california, hundreds of people flocked to the beaches despite stay at home orders. And some Business Owners in texas are defying orders, restaurant and salon owners are claiming theyre essential and cant stay closed any longer. In texas, Governor Greg Abbott will announce tomorrow whether he will extend stay at home orders in his state. Joining me now is nbcs presilla thomas in houston, texas. You spoke to a local business owner, some owners who hope to reopen soon. What are they telling you . Well, if the go
Good eving from new york. Im chris hayes. Even as donald trump and the white house try to consign the coronavirus, were over that, were on to other things. As they tell people to go out, get back to work and throw their bodies on the live grenade that is the coronavirus, Donald Trumps own government knows thats not the case. The virus is very much not over. A report obtained by nbc news and compiled by the white houses Pandemic Task force shows this. Coronavirus rates are spiking in heartland community. The report details how ten top areas record ed surges of 72. 4 or greater, including nashville, tennessee, des moines, iowa, and central city, kentucky. This unreleased report is, of course, at odds with the president and what hes telling americans. Yesterday, he said all throughout the country the numbers are coming down rapidly. The data, this data shows its not the case. While true in the aggregate the numbers are trending down, there are places throughout the country that are likely