As they push states to open up and as they tell people to go out, throw their bodies on the live grenade that is the coronavirus, Donald Trumps own government knows that is 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 communities. The report details how ten top areas recorded surges of 72. 4 or greater. Those surges included places like nashville, tennessee, des moines, iowa, amarillo, texas, 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 National Numbers are trending down. There are places throughout the country that are likely about to see a huge spike. And thats the thing with the virus we keep coming back to. It
Sporadic for you, but not for a lot of other people. I agree, mr. President. Absolutely. Ive heard the opposite. A look at what the president does and does not want to hear. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Thursday, may 7th. Along with joe who is he . What planet is he from . We has a nurse in the white house, corrects a nurse. It has been sporadic. He saw the New York Post headlines, nurses having to wear garbage bags. Yes, mr. President , it was sporadic. Its been sporadic from the beginning. I havent said this yet on the show yet, but on february 22nd, you said it was just one person coming in from china. I havent heard that. Yeah, he said that. I dont like to repeat myself, so im sure i havent said it. Talk about sporadic. Saying that, talking about this big ban. I dont know if you knew this. 430,000 people came in from china to the United States from the beginning of this pandemic. 40,000 what . Even after his toothless ban. Leadership. To attack a nurse for telling the trut
Changes now. More on what dr. Bright is expected to Tell Congress tomorrow in just a moment. But here is where the numbers stand right now. The National Death toll in the u. S. Now tops 83,000 people. 1. 4 million americans have been infected but the picture on ground looks different depending on where you live. You could see nine states there on your screen are trending in the wrong direction with increased cases this week. With the biggest jumps in south dakota, arkansas and delaware did you 22 states are trending in the right direction with decreased cases this week. So some good news for the moment. But again this is only a snapshot in time. What youre seeing here. And that means even more americans are asking key questions about every day life like when will children be able to go back to school. There are big moves on this front today too. But lets start at the white house, Kaitlan Collins is there and joining me now. You got your hands on dr. Brights Opening Statement. What else
Time, i guess. There is that. Interesting, i would like somebody to ask the Vice President of the United States sometime, because theyre convincing themselves and all of trumps antitrump supporters, who will desperately say anything to keep their subscription rates up, are all talking about how the fbi somehow did Michael Flynn wrong, who lied to the fbi about meeting a russian contact. I wonder, mika, what in the world is mike pences excuse. Why did flynn feel the need to lie to the Vice President . Was that the fbis fault, too, when he didnt get enough cream and sugar in his coffee. Was that the fbis fault . I mean, seriously, this is laughable. Do we have that clip . I want to see that mike pence clip again at some point. The one we just rolled . The one we rolled, yeah, the first part of it, where mike pence said he lied. Its painful. He lied to me, and he lied to the president. He lied to the fbi. Yes, yes, he should be gone. Take a look. This is mike pence talking about a guy who
On the train coming home she had met this woman. Did that hold the answer . Shes talking about how someone has tried to assume her identity. A chilling case of a daughter in danger. Somebody was after her. Welcome to dateline. Im lester holt. She was beautiful, talented, trusting, sometimes trouble. A young woman from a prominent family finally grabbing the promise of life right up until the day she vanished. When the police seemed unable to find her, her family hatched a plan, an unusual strategy to solve the mystery. Heres keith morrison. It began on a bright morning in may. The palmetto slipped from its platform in Washington Union station and went down the eastern seaboard to charleston, south carolina. On board was a beautiful, tall, feisty red head named kate waring. Often troubled. Sitting on this train was on the brink of something very good. And what is it about trains . The ease there in that enclosed space of befriending perfect strangers . Somewhere along the line between a