In some form of quarantine after possible exposure inside the white house. My guests this morning, Infectious Disease specialist Michael Osterholm and jeffrey shaman, and Lamar Alexander of tennessee. Also historic unemployment disaster. Unemployment numbers not seen since the great depression. Im going to be homeless if i dont open my business back up. Im trying to make a living. My conversation with billionaire businessman and philanthropist robert f. Smith on making sure no one is left out. We have to reinvest so when we come back from the pandemic were in a better position. And the latest in the Michael Flynn and tara reade stories. Joining me for insight are kristen welker, richard haass, president of the council on Foreign Relations and wall street journal columnist peggy noonan. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press and our continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the pres
Together, weve saved a lot of lives by our collective action. The trump white houses push to restart the economy in contrast to that warning from dr. Anthony fauci of serious consequences if States Reopen too soon. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, may 13th along with joe, willie and me we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press jonathan lemire. More now from dr. Anthony fauci during yesterdays Senate Hearing that if the economy opens prematurely it could lead to more cases, deaths, and a slower economic recovery. There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you might not be able to control, in, in fact, paradoxically will set you back not only leading to some suffering and death that could be avoided, but could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery. Because it would almost turn the clock back rather than going forward. That is my major concern, senator. Dr. Fauci, you have advised six president s. You have ba
Stumbling, brian with that question first with George Stephanopoulos the former vp has become more assertive. Mr. Vice president , what was your involvement in the investigation of Michael Flynn and the fbi investigation of Michael Flynn . I was never a part or had any knowledge of any criminal investigation into flynn while i was in office, period. Not one single time. Griff this raising questions after it was revealed that biden was in an Oval Office Meeting with obama when the flynn matter was discussed and the timing of bidens request seven days later on january 12th to unmask flynn. Biden also in an interview blasting attorney general barrs decision to dismiss the flynn case. The attorney general of the United States is not the president s lawyer. Its the peoples lawyer. Its a dereliction of his duty. Whats going on is an absolute travesty. A travesty of justifiable. That will not happen. Griff remember flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. Barr moved to drop the case citing f
Reality. To get unemployment rates like the ones we are about to see, to get back to your question, which i think will climb towards 20 by next month, you have to go back to the Great Depression. It is scary to go to work. Its a time when people have to step up and serve their country. Speaker of the numbers are probably going to get worse before they get better. We will have a better third quarter, better fourthquarter. Next year is going to be a great year. Martha that sparked this response from their colleague at the white house, Peter Navarro. The Great Depression pity party that i saw yesterday. Martha prompted the president who knows that reopening is key to the recovery to suggest parts of the country that want to stay closed may be doing so to try to hurt him politically. The people want to go back. The numbers are getting to a point where they can and it just seems to be no effort on certain blue states to get back into gear. The people arent going to stand for it. They want t
Weektoweek coronavirus case increases, and hospitalizations are also spiking in several areas. President trump son his way to arizona. One of the states scrambling to fights a coronavirus surge. Hell visit the u. S. Mexico border and then hell speak in phoenix at an event that the mayor says violates the coronavirus restrictions against large gatherings. Before leaving washington, tough words from the president on the other giant national crisis. The president says hes preparing a new executive order designed to protect statues on federal lands, and he is warning if protesters here in the Nations Capital try to set up a socalled autonomous zone, quote, they will be met with serious force. Todays coronavirus hearings comes at quite a critical moment. The president uses words like fading and dying off when asked about the pandemic, but the numbers tell us a very, very different story. Dr. Anthony fauci last testified on capitol hill six weeks ago. That the was may 12. Then 82,000 coronav