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And businesses shuttered, and it all comes as doctors, nurses and Health Care Professionals across the country are continuing to sound alarm bells about shortages of supplies like masks and ventilators. But those states we just mentioned an estimated 80 Million People essentially being told to stay in their homes amid this pandemic. And here in new york city or new york state the faa has just resumed flights after issuing a ground stop because of staffing issues. For more on all this im joined by nbcs rehema ellis in New York Times square. Ive only ever seen it like that when they shut it down...

Its happening too quickly. We lost too much time. Thats why the advice from doctors is when around other people, act like you have the virus. Act as a sick person would. And if we all do, we can all manage to keep our distance. Then, weirdly, its distance that will keep us together and alive when we reach the other end of this. And we end this incredibly difficult week in our country. We are now at 18,000 cases, give or take, about four times the number of cases when we started this week. And who among us didnt expect to read some version of this . Were now learning from the Washington Post th...

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...

For months and months and months. Were going to open our country again. And the cure cant be worse than the problem itself, right . I started by saying that, and i continue to say it. The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself. We got to get our country open. This country was not designed to be closed. So weve had the greatest weve ever had, and then were paying people to stay home . Think of it. Were paying people not to go to work. How about that . How does that play . And they want to go to work by the way. They dont even want they dont want money. This country is great. But were payi...

There are more than 263,000 confirmed cases in this country and over 6,600 people have died. New york continues to be ground zero where every day the news is worse than the day before. This morning we woke up to find out in just the last 24 hours it has been the deadliest so far. 562 more lost souls. Each day it seems Governor Andrew Cuomo is forced to take another drastic step. He is authorizing the National Guard now to commandeer medical equipment across the state and then redeploy it to hospitals that need it most, most urgently. And once again, he is calling on the president to do the sam...