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We saw yesterday. While the death toll had appeared to be leveling off, multiple states just reported their worst days yet, including my home state of new jersey, louisiana, florida, and massachusetts. In new york the toll topped 10,000 after the state added thousands of people who never actually tested positive, but most likely died from the virus. Despite all of this, the president is moving ahead with plans to reopen parts of the country, maybe as early as two weeks from now. After initially insisting he would be the one to call the shots on how it was done, the president now says hes going...

Every 36 hours. Think about that. This morning, the number of cases in the United States is over 467,000. And it could hit a half a million today. Nearly 17,000 people have died. Widespread testing still is not happening here. There is no vaccine for coronavirus. And no proven medication. Models that are predicting reduced death tolls assume that lockdowns stay in place until june. Despite all of that, President Trump is now planning to create a new Economic Task force so people can get back out there and get to work asap. You see whats happening and where we are, where we stand and hopefully ...

Be slowing down. After averaging nearly 2,000 deaths a day at the end of last week, the number is closer to 1500 so far this week. Of course, that is still a staggering amount. As of this morning, the number of coronavirus cases is over 583,000. More than 23,000 americans have lost their lives. At the same time, we know that the administration is seeking an aggressive strategy to reopen the country. He wants to be open for business at the beginning of next month. The president expected to unveil his new Economic Task force dedicated to achieving that goal later today. But on monday, two separa...

Reporting. The new plan comes as frustration builds with protests erupting in several states over the ongoing stayathome orders. Some Health Experts are urging caution in moving too quickly to try to get things back to normal. Were right now at flattening the curve but what we ultimately want to do before we consider any relaxation of any kind of social distancing measures would be to actually decrease the curve, see a steady decline in the curve to almost zero. Our nbc news team is here and ready to go. Stephanie ruehl is following the new unemployment numbers. Garrett haake is at a food bank...

Were all working together get through getting through this ordeal in a fashion that nobody would have ever thought possible. Its been incredible, and thats why the numbers are so far much better. We want to keep it that way. If you look at the original projections, if we did nothing it would be disastrous. If we we decided to do something, we closed it down. Had no choice. It was a good move. That was a good move. The early china move was a good move. The early europe move was a good move. A lot of good moves. But closing it down was a big statement. It was a big, important thing, but were loo...