Cal or dental procedures. Im still going for my best. And for eliquis. Ask your doctor about eliquis. Welcome to kasie d. C. Im kasie hunt. We are live from washington every sunday. Tonight, Spring Cleaning in the Trump Administration. Rex tillerson gone. Andrew mccabe, gone. Is the Special Counsel far behind him . And what about other key members of the Trump Administration . Senator chris van haul enjoins me live to talk about what all of this means as the Foreign Policy obstacles mount for the United States. Plus, democrats pull off a serious upset in trump country. New polling just out today shows why pennsylvania could be just
the beginning. But we start with a restive weekend in the white house. That is an understatement. Andrew mccabe fired hours short of his retirement, and he kept his receipts. Reportedly handing over notes on the president to the Special Counsel. The Special Counsel subpoenaed the Trump Organization as the president s lawyer wondered aloud whether isnt it tim
First up here on msnbc, the coronavirus taking a staggering toll. More than a quarter million infected here in the u. S. With new hot spots erupting across the country and on the front lines urgent pleas for help. We are afraid for our patients. We are afraid for our families. We are afraid for our lives. This is life or death. Every hospital in the state of new york and of course the United States should have the supplies they need. Also, covering your face with a nonmedical mask. New guidance from the government. Would it have helped three weeks ago . New unemployment crisis. Why new numbers dont tell the whole story. A very good morning, everyone. It is saturday, april 4th. Im alex witt. Thanks for joining us. Breaking news on coronavirus. This morning there are more than 276,000 confirmed cases here in the u. S. The death toll climbing now to 7,063. The u. S. Reported more than 30,000 new cases friday. Its the biggest single day increase this country has seen since the start of the
Go in and relook at the pressures in the building. Javits space is sectional, there are areas we can actually change the pressure in some. We just heard from new york governor andrew cuomo, who has now requested the change because he said there were not enough noncovid patients from the popup field hospitals. The governor announcing today new york has had more than 100,000 positive cases of covid19 and more than 2,900 deaths from the virus. The Governor Also Announced hes signing an executive order today allowing states to take ventilators and ppes from institutions around the state who do not need them immediately in order to get them to the front lines. Todays jobs report for march showing 700,000 jobs were lost last month when the virus was just beginning have spread, increasing the jobless rate to 4 had the 4 , numbers that will skyrocket a month from now reflecting the growing impact, of course. Nbcs ron allen is with us now outside sinai hospital. I know youre following the guide
This is cnn tonight, i am don lemon. It is 11 00 p. M. On the east coast. A tragic milestone. This country reaching a Record Number of new coronavirus cases in a single day. 37,077 new cases reported. The three most populous states, california, florida, texas now setting records for new coronavirus cases on a daily basis. Florida reporting more than 5,000 cases today for a second day in a row. Texas reporting 6,000 cases today. The highest number reported in a single day. The governor of texas putting the brakes on any new phases of reopening in his state. One medical expert in texas warning the states biggest cities could see what he calls apocalyptic surges in cases and President Trump in deep denial about the spike in the pandemic leaving a serious void in the national leadership. A source saying he will never change when it comes to wearing a mask. He doesnt like the image and wont admit he is wrong. Yet this virus is killing americans every single day. I should say more and more a
States was in question. The start of world war ii. Some moments during the cold war. But weve never in our history had a crisis situation in which the leadership just shrugged their shoulders and in effect became m. I. A. , missing in action, or more brutally put, the president and his republican enablers have pretty much cut and run in the face of this adversary, this terrible virus. Weve never had anything quite like this in the history. Leadership somewhere that persuades the public how dire the situation is and inspires our fellow americans to do what we need to do. This is the reality right now. This thing is not going away. Its surging, its spiking in many places in the country. Thats the reality. We need to be listening to the scientists and the doctors, not to the politicians, because as i mentioned, in terms of the top leadership in the federal government and many states, the leadership is just cut and run. John, ive got to talk to you about this because we are just learning t