MSNBCW MSNBC Live May 9, 2020
Good evening and welcome to our continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Im ali velshi. The United States now has more than 1. 3 million cases of covid19, the number of fatalities surfacing 79,000. Some states across the country are continuing with their planned reopenings as President Trump emphasizes the need to restart the economy. New numbers out yesterday show the United States lost a record 20 million jobs in the month of april. The Unemployment Rate surged to 14. 7 , the highest level since the Great Depression. In the last hour the president has been meeting with senior militar...