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The frontrunner right now. Michael bloomberg just folded his wall let and deidra is with the candidate off to the races. Alex . After 100 days on the campaign trail, Michael Bloomberg is out of the race. The former mayor of new york city saying that he is pulling out the data there. He will throw his weight behind joe biden. He said his message has remained the same. If you remember, i entered the race for president to defeat donald trump. Today i am leaving the race for the same reason. To defeat donald trump because staying in would make it more difficult to achieve that goal. The former may...

Welcome to wednesday. It is meet the press daily and im chuck todd continuing msnbc special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. At any moment now were expecting an update from the white houses Coronavirus Task force as Congress Worked out the final details of a massive 2 trillion rescue bill. It is more of a rescue bill than a stimulus package. The largest emergency aid package in american history. And before the stimulus is voted on, there is already talk on capitol hill about the next one. Call it phase four. That should give you a sense of the sheer size and scope of the crisis facing thi...

Hours since i was on air last, more than 100 people, 146 more people, have died from the coronavirus. I want to take just a second here to think about that so it is not just a number to you or to me. 646, each one of those numbers, someones son or daughter, someones mother or father, their brother or sister. Whether young or old, there are oceans of pain and suffering surrounding each addition to this grim toll. A week ago there were just over 6,000 confirmed cases. Now weve crossed the threshold of 50,000 and the calls for supplies from doctors and nurses on the front lines are getting even m...

Issues to iron out. Some republican lawmakers warning the bill has a serious error to encourage employers to actually lay people off. We cannot encourage people to make more money in unemployment than they do in employment. All unemployment 24. 70 an hour in South Carolina. There are a lot of jobs in South Carolina did that do not pay 24. 07. This bill pays you more not to work then if you were working. Dana so those senators say they are working on an amendment to fix that issue. Bernie sanders, remember him . Hes tweeting this unless republican senators dropped their objections to the corona...

The governor, andrew cuomo, says the state has 53,000 beds but expects to need 140,000 as the pandemic peaks there. But he also says theres evidence suggesting that social distancing is, is helping slow the spread of the virus in new york. The World Health Organization says theres still time for the country to, quote, turn it around and avoid becoming the next global coronavirus epicenter. While we wait for the White House Briefing to begin, we dont know if the president will show up, i anticipate that he will, lets go to our National Correspondent erica hill joining us from new york. Erica, t...