good evening. i'm joy reid in new york. as the coronavirus plays out around the world, we're witnessing in real time how the quality of leadership in a country matters. it matters how transparent and, frankly, competent a government is in a time of crisis like this. here in the u.s. the trump administration struggled to provide a coherent and unified message about the coronavirus outbreak. careening from down playing it with trump tossing it off as a political hoax to just seemingly scrambling. late they are evening donald trump will try again. he's set to address the american people at 9:00 eastern time to try to mitigate the damage caused by the confusion his own administration's erratic response has caused. just yesterday amid the news of more and more cases in the united states trump tried to

assure americans this would all be over soon. >> we're prepared and we're doing a great job with it and it will go away. just stay calm. everyone has to be vigilant and has to be careful. be calm. it's really working out. and a lot of good things will happen. >> it's really working out. but today the world health organization alarmed by the lack of action by governments around the world officially declared the outbreak to be a pandemic. >> in the days and weeks ahead we expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths and the number of affected countries climb even higher. the w.h.o. has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we're deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming

levels of inaction. we have the assessment that covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. >> to date the coronavirus has swept through at least 114 countries. with more than 120,000 infections and more than 4,200 people dead. today german chancellor angela merkel warned up to 70% or roughly 58 million germans could ultimately contract the virus. her startling pronouncement came two days after italy announced a national lockdown. shortly after the pandemic was announced the volatile u.s. financial markets plunged another 7%. all of this comes amid the grim news u.s. coronavirus crises have passed the 1,000 mark. 16 states have declared states of emergency, many of them are trying to mitigate the spread by

canceling large public gatherings and suspending school. washington state governor jay inslee whose state has been hit the hardest, prohibited all gatherings, over 250 people in three counties. rhode island's governor is also discouraging large events of more than 250 people and recommended folks over 60 should not attend large gatherings. in the meantime the coachella music festival has been postponed and the golden state warriors became the first nba team to play without fans. late this afternoon the ncaa announced it will hold march madness without rowdy fans. dr. anthony fauci, director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, was on capitol hill today and had this stark warning. >> is the worst yet to come, dr. fauci? >> yes, it is. we will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now.

how much worse we'll get will depend on our ability to do two things, to contain the influx of people infected coming from the outside and the ability to contain and mitigate within our own country. bottom line, it's going to get worse. >> for more i am joined by rhode island governor gina ramondo. can you talk about what you're doing in your state to try to contain this ongoing calamity that we're now seeing across the u.s.? >> yes, thank you, joy. so the approach we've been taking is to be robust in our response. government action does make a difference here. we currently have five confirmed cases. we have hundreds of people in quarantine. i was one of the first governors to declare a state of emergency. the name of the game now is

containment. and we know that limiting social interaction now is the most effective approach before there is widespread disease and widespread transmission. we don't yet have here in rhode island widespread transition and so we're taking action in an effort to prevent that. >> let's talk about the federal response. how has it impacted the way your state has been able to respond? has the questidelay and confuse message impacted your state? >> first i'd like to say thank you to the team of cdc folks who are here on the ground in rhode island because we were one of the first states with an outbreak, the cdc sent a team here and i have to say the on the ground civil servants are working with us and just like our civil servants are doing a fantastic job. having said that the overall response from the federal government has been, as you say,

at times inconsistent and, frankly, delayed which means governors have had to step into the breach and take action. i feel it's my job here to do everything i can to protect rhode islanders. right now we have asked for greater access to our stockpile of masks and goggles and protective equipment. we're seeing a slow response. i'm asking for that to be sped up to protect our frontline workers. i'm calling on the federal government to do more in the way of supporting states with funds so that we can keep our economies going particularly for low wage workers who are out of work during this crisis. again, for the folks working hard on the ground, hats off to them and thank you, but i think it's time for the federal government to have an even more robust response to help states so that we can contain this virus now before we have the

widespread transmission. >> and politico is reporting state and local officials, a little clip from a piece that is running in politico. state and local officials in mostly blue states have been largely taking matters into their own hands with outcomes varied widely. they're acting, some say, amid an absence of federal leadership. you've had states like new york and california, your state, really sort of having to take action kind of on their own. donald trump is going to speak later on today. what are you hoping that he offers to try to fill in some of the gaps, and do you think it's problematic that there is a distinct attitude toward this in red america versus blue america? >> so i hope that the president is, first of all, honest and based in fact. this is a time to lead based upon facts, evidence, and science and to be very transparent with everybody. secondly i want to see the

federal government step up their response to this. it would be appropriate to have a stimulus for states at this point in time, to declare this to be a disaster and send to states funds so that we can provide unemployment insurance, benefits to workers who have been asked to stay home. it's time to have a strong message and give states the support we need to fight this on the front lines and so we can contain it. containment can only happen once. we have a shot right now to contain it. it's time to get serious about the response to help us do our jobs here on the frontline. >> governor gina raimondo, i wish you well in your state. >> thanks. a stunning piece in "the new york times" how delays in coronavirus testing set back any chance of containing the virus in the u.s.

"the times" report after weeks of mounting frustration toward federal agencies over flawed test kits and burdensome rules, states with struggling to test widely for the coronavirus. the continued delays have made it impossible for officials to get a true picture of the scale of the growing outbreak. "the times" notes faced with a public health emergency on a scale potentially not seen in a century the united states has not responded nimbly. i'm joined now by visiting professor at george washington university's school of public health and a former baltimore city health commissioner. dr. nguyen, thank you for being here. >> thank you, joy. >> let's talk about the response as described so far not by donald trump's opponents, political opponents, by someone who worked for him, tom bossert, who worked in homeland security for donald trump, said the following. he said, if we fail to take action, we will watch our health care system be overwhelmed.

starting now public health messaging should be framed in light of this clear objective. community based interventions are needed to delay the outbreak peak. he also said to nbc news in a quote that i think was quite alarming for a lot of people that we are ten days away from the hospitals getting creamed. that was the former homeland security adviser to donald trump. do you share that assessment? >> i do and i'm very worried as well. you were mentioning about the lack of testing. while there are probably many hundreds if not thousands of people who are out there in the u.s. who have covid-19 but don't know that they have it and have been transmitting it potentially to other people. so once tests are up and running we will see much higher numbers come up which will be alarming in and of itself. i'm also worried about overwhelming our health care system because even if we have a moderate outbreak and we could still have a severe outbreak but

even a moderate scale outbreak, we're talking about needing hundreds of thousands of intensive care beds, ventilators that we just don't have the capacity for. we have this very narrow window now of trying to contain this outbreak. if we don't, if we can't reduce the rate of transmission, we are going to overwhelm the health care system and people will have to go without care and they'll die. >> let's talk -- we just showed a picture that showed a lot of people walking around. i was in cvs and saw people walking around in masks. is that something people should be doing, breaking out the masks and the rubber gloves, assuming you can even buy them at this point. >> no, do not buy gloves or masks. the masks will only help you if you're sick. it protects other people from you because you'll be coughing and sneezing into the mask and not into other people. but it's not going to protect you if you're healthy. also it takes masks away from health care workers who really

need them. gloves give you a false sense of security. once you have gloves on you're still going to be touching everything. what you should do is wash your hands a lot and touch your face less. those very simple steps make a difference and actually individual actions at this time of crisis make a big difference, too. stay away from crowded settings, reducing the amount of nonessential travel that you do, don't go to big events, things like that will make a big difference for yourself, your loved ones and also for the community around you. >> and believe that it's real not a hoax if an official tells you. italy has locked down the entire country. halted all commercial activity. just a quote here, italy on wednesday ramped up the severity of its national lockdown ordering a halt to all activity aside from supermarkets and pharmacies. the response there from "the washington post" has been dramat dramatic. is that something u.s. states should be thinking about, u.s. cities should be thinking about

doing? >> i don't think we should be taking anything off the table at this point in time and i know that sounds pretty frightening to say but we don't know what's coming our way. two weeks ago we had 15 cases of covid-19 diagnosed in the u.s. we're now at well over 1,000. we have outbreaks that are occurring in different communities and we still don't know the extent of what's happening now. we need to stop reacting to what we're seeing in front of us and start anticipating what's going to happen. i think nothing should be off the table in terms of closures of events and everyone needs to start planning for what happens if their kids' schools are closed, if they're out of work for a period of time and have to telecommute, major conferences and events are canceled throughout the country. we need to plan for that now. none of this is an overreaction. we've been underreacting all these past few weeks and that's why we're in the position that we're in now.

>> yeah, it's such important advice and it may make people nervous to hear but so important to hear it. this is the stuff that can save your health. dr. wen, i really appreciate you. >> thank you. and coming up, the coronavirus crisis is once again laying bear donald trump's glaring inadequacies as president. as his top advisers warn things will only get worse trump continues to downplay the fact we're in a full blown crisis. plus, after racking up more big primary victories last night can joe biden unite the democratic party? his rival senator, bernie sanders, is vowing to fight on. >> while joe biden continues to do very well with older americans, especially those people over 65, our campaign continues to win the vast majority of the votes of younger people. >> however, sanders faces an

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welcome back. despite the spike in coronavirus cases in this country, donald trump continues to issue he going a raexaggerated statement and as we've seen many of his claims have been contradicted by his own health expert dr. anthony fauci. for instance trump has repeatedly suggested the end of the outbreak is in sight. while fauci says it's only going to get worse. >> we're prepared and we're doing a great job with it. it will go away, just stay calm. it will go away. >> i can say we will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now. >> trump continues to compare the coronavirus to the common flu even as fauci warns it's much more deadly. >> right now i guess we're at 26

deaths. and if you look at the flu, the flu for this year, we're looking at 8,000 deaths. >> people always say, well, the flu -- you know, the flu does this. the flu does that. the flu has a mortality of 0.1%. this has a mortality of ten times that. >> and trump said he'll continue to hold public rallies which fauci warns about the risk of attending mass gatherings. >> we'll have tremendous rallies. >> you don't want to go to a massive gathering particularly if you're a vulnerable individual. >> most alarming of all reuters reported today that the white house ordered federal officials to treat top level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step restricted information and hampered the u.s. government's response to the contagion according to four trump administration officials who say that staffers without

security clearances, including government experts, were excluded from those deliberations. should note nbc news has not independently verified that reporting. joined by chief white house correspondent for "the new york times," david jolly, a former republican congressman from florida who is no longer affiliated with the party. thank you for being here. peter, i'm going to go to you on this first. it appears from the outside looking in that the white house response, including the way his experts have spoken in public, has been much more focused on downplaying the severity of the coronavirus outbreaks in order to protect the stock market, the economy and trump politically. inside the white house is anyone noticing this and pushing back in any way? >> yeah, there's a debate going on inside this white house, of course, about how to approach this. there's a balance to be had between public reassurance and confidence which is what you expect out of a national leader and a more frank and forthright recognition of the severity of

the situation and the leveling of the american people. i think these advisers aren't looking at it from different points of view. they are telling the president don't be too alarmist because it will shock and make the markets worse. you hear the health experts say wait a second, we have to be a little bit more, not scary, but more honest or forthright with the people in order to make sure they understand just how significant this situation is. the president's own national instincts are to downplay it because he doesn't want to upset the apple card which he sees as a good economy heading into a re-election year. >> just a couple of headlines for you, david, the hill reporting that republican senators who i'm not sure why they think they have any ability to tell donald trump to do anything, telling him to make fauci the face of the government's coronavirus response, the guy who is trying his best to tell the truth. "the daily beast" saying donald

trump is seething of having to sit down with the speaker of the house, speaker of the house nancy pelosi. he suspects that she would use the moment to try to humiliate him. two senior trump administration officials described a president who out of intense sense of bitterness to the house speaker has shuddered at the prospect of being in the same room with her. i'm not sure who he thinks he's supposed to talk to when she is head of half of the congress. i don't understand it. >> joy, in his stubbornness, he is yet to realize there is no political win in a public health crisis. he has masterfully been able to work a political win out of the most dire situations including impeachment. they saw it as a win, he beat the deep state, if you will. there is no win in a public health crisis because the american people are scared and donald trump continues to view

this through the lens of an economic crisis. it is why he has focused so much of his attention on it. consider the actual emergency package congress passed to address the public health needs of the nation. the white house requested about $2 billion. it was not a serious request. no, we need $8 billion. the president wants to get to the crisis for tax cuts and good for even republican senators pushing back on this. we do not need corporate tax cuts to artificially stimulate a relatively strong economy. what we need specifically is assistance for those workers who are displaced for coronavirus related job losses and job insecurity and, frankly, food insecurity among communities when we see schools close what happens to those families that rely on schools for 100% food vouchers for breakfast and lunch. that's where the targeted assistance needs to be. donald trump needs to realize if he wants to fix the economy, fix

the public health crisis and tonight address solely the public health crisis, the economy will follow along as they see confidence in the health response. >> i want to play what donald trump has been saying because we just had the governor of rhode island on, gina raimondo and dr. wen on. these warnings can actually save your life, save your health. talking about the coronavirus outbreak since january. just a little montage. >> we have it totally under control. we think it's going to have a very good ending for us. i don't think it's inevitable. it may get bigger. it may not get bigger at all. one day it's like a miracle. it will disappear. everything is under control. i think 3.4% is a false number.

it will all work out. everybody has to be calm. it came out of nowhere. we're taking care of it. >> his favorite news channel is echoing him. peter, do you have any reporting on whether or not that is going to be the message that we hear when he speaks tonight? >> i think actually this sounds like it might be a moment of pivot for him. we'll see. the fact he's going to give an address from the oval office to the country at 9:00 suggests a level of seriousness that he has not conveyed so far, that's something you use in a time -- a president uses in a time of war, a time of national crisis, a time of national emergency. so, in effect, the very address itself will convey a different mood. we'll see what the tone of his words are, if he does something like declare a national emergency or in some way try to put forward an aggressive package or stimulus, that, too, will convey a level of seriousness the words you just played do not convey and i think the words he uses will be

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welcome back. with the caveat that the markets are not the economy, but that the markets watch the economy and take their cues, today was another bad day on wall street. the dow jones down more than 1,400 points. at this point the coronavirus outbreak is impacting the entire u.s. economy. some economists now fear it could trigger a global recession. both donald trump and democrats are spelling out what they think should be done and, surprise, it turns out they have different priorities. political reports house speaker nancy pelosi will unveil legislation today that includes expanding paid sick leave, unemployment insurance, and widespread free testing for coronavirus. trump included some of that as he spoke about what the administration wants done, as he traveled to capitol hill yesterday to talk only to republicans. and trump has some other ideas like doing a payroll tax cut

through the end of the year which, let's just be clear, would reduce the funding source for social security and medicare and offering tax relief for impacted tourism related industries like hotels, airlines and cruise lines. hotels, you say? for more i'm joined by white house correspondent for the pbs "newshour." donald trump will speak tonight. what are we expecting to hear? >> the president is desperate for an economic response. apart from the payroll tax he's pushing that the democrats say will help wealthy people but some executive actions declaring a national and that through the stanford act would free up about $42.6 billion. i'm told the president would use that to make small business loans, to defer tax payments so people would have a longer time to pay the government. that would go to helping people who are financially impacted whether they were warn tequaranr

their kids had to stay home. i'm told the president would want to put some that have money aside to help with shelters and help fema set up temporary housing for people who might be quarantined. so the president would be looking at that much money to have a sort of economic response to the coronavirus. >> all right. we will look forward to hearing what he has to say. thank you very much. appreciate you being here tonight. and tonight "the washington post" is reporting that donald trump in an explosive tirade monday urged treasury secretary mnuchin to encourage powell to do more to stimulate the economy. two officials familiar with the exchange revealed the president's mounting fury as this administration struggles to corral economic fallout from the novel coronavirus. during that monday meeting trump fumed that powell never should have been appointed and is damaging the nation in his presidency. joining me is chris kuntz of delaware. thank you for being here. >> thank you.

>> president trump wants to talk economics, that's the thing he cares about, about his re-elect more than anything else. it seems to be -- his concern seems to be the way the coronavirus is sort of spreading throughout the united states is damaging the economy, his top goal. does that align with the top goal of democrats because it seems to me the health of the american people should be somewhere in the top two of the things you care about. >> well, that's right. i'm a lot less concerned about falling values in the stock market and wall street than the day-to-day working people who have to deal with the possibility their kids schools will close, that they'll be required to stay home from work and miss a paycheck and the rapidly spreading concerns about whether folks can get tested, whether those tests will be free, whether they can get access to quality, affordable health care, and whether or not their family checkbook will balance if they have to stay home from work.

we should be focusing whatever economic incentives we come up with this week on exactly what is going to slow the spread of this virus throughout our country and help those families who are most impacted. so that's why i support the proposals that press accounts will be coming out from speaker pelosi tomorrow that would provide for paid sick leave, that would provide for better and lower cost access to things like testing and health care. and that might provide things like food assistance at home for children who would otherwise be getting their main meal of the day through school lunch. i'm also concerned about support for our first responders and volunteer firefighters because remember when we've got people who are going to be transporting folks to and from hospitals and nursing homes that will most likely be local first responders who need to have enough protective equipment and enough support so that they don't get infected and infect their entire

fire company and then put an entire community at risk. >> indeed. donald trump wants a payroll tax cut. that doesn't seem to be something that is even seen as a good idea by his own party. here are a few republicans responding to that idea. >> the payroll tax stimulus is something i have to think about because it does take money away from social security. >> i haven't seen it in writing. i have some real concerns there. it looks like hundreds of billions of immediate spending we don't know the economic issues that are here. >> we'll vet some of those ideas and see what we can come up with. >> are you in favor of a payroll tax cut, sir? >> i would have to be persuaded. i'm not at the moment in support of it. it strikes me as something that would spread a very small amount of money very broadly throughout our country. without it being a targeted assistance to the people who are going to be most in need as this virus continues to spread and

continues its impact. the short answer is no. >> what about this idea -- and i don't really understand how it relates to coronavirus but it appears donald trump would like to pursue federal aid to shale oil companies. hit by the oil shock and the coronavirus. what does that have to do with what people are suffering right now? >> it doesn't have anything to do with it at all. the drop in global oil prices because of a competition between russia and saudi arabia over production will hit oil and gas companies but if you look at the priorities here of our two parties it's pretty stark. republicans want to offer tax cuts and bailouts to fossil fuel companies. democrats want to provide support to families who are struggling to meet their paychecks and meet their families' needs and to make sure that we've got help to small

business and some forced to stay home from work as they get infected in the weeks and months ahead. >> the people who will lose jobs and opportunities are waitresses and people who work in small restaurants. it appears donald trump's focus as your sfat leader has said are banks, rich folks who are all lining up at the tiller. the thing that struck me and a lot of people was the hotels idea that donald trump -- the hotels he has something to do with, those are all over the world. all over the country. but these are the ones in the united states. will the united states senate, at least democrats in the senate, prevent donald trump from allowing a bailout of his own industry that he still takes a financial stake in and he has not walked away from a financial stake in out of this crisis? >> and that question is just a striking reminder that we continue to have a president who runs his family business, whose immediate family members are part of his administration and who continues to benefit from

that global network of hotels and condominiums and commercial developments. i think you can count on us in the senate in the democratic caucus to block any benefit that would directly enrich the president and his network of hotels. we do need to come together quickly and deliver some relief to the impacted families and individua individuals in our countries. it took us less than two weeks for the republicans and democrats in the senate and the house to take up and pass and send to the president who signed an $8.3 billion package to make vaccines available more quickly, to make tests available more quickly, to provide for a personal protective gear and to support state and local governments. we can come together around a responsible package. we won't come together around a bailout for oil companies or president trump's personal interests in hotels. >> right.

we certainly hope your colleagues on the other side of the aisle who have been amenable to doing whatever donald trump wants will stand with you on that. senator chris coons, thank you very much. i appreciate you being here. >> thank you. >> up next, bernie sanders has a tough road ahead after joe biden's romp through more key states. what becomes of his movement next, and can joe biden unify the democratic party? we're right back after this.

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welcome back. well, joe biden's victories in four of the six states voting on tuesday brought him closer to locking down the democratic nomination over bernie sanders. before voting ended house democratic whip jim clyburn, the man whose endorsement was credited with bringing biden's campaign back to life in south carolina, so the democratic party should step in to stop a prolonged primary fight. he said a potential biden sweep would make him the prohibitive nominee. >> if the night ends the way it has begun, i think it is time for us to set this primary down, it is time to cancel the rest of these debates because you don't do anything but get yourself in trouble if you continue this contest when it is obvious that the numbers will not shake out for you. >> well, is that a fair way to end the nomination fight?

for more i'm joined by georgetown professor and biden supporter and jennifer epps addison and a sanders supporter. thank you both for being here. jennifer, i'm going to go with you first. we don't have a ton of time so i will try to let you have as much talk time as possible. as a sanders supporter what do you make of that idea ending it early and everyone getting behind biden? >> listen, i didn't get in this fight just for bernie sanders, i got in for the 40% of americans who are living in poverty. i got into it for the 89 million people underinsured or uninsured, for people like my grand with share cropping and picking cotton by the age of 5, worked her whole life and died poor. we have not heard enough about the folks in this country who are struggling far too much not just under trump but previous administrations, too. we are asking senator sanders to stay in this because there is still a path to the nomination

and we're looking forward to one-on-one debate that will put the issues of poverty and the need to transform this country front and center for voters to see. >> you and i have talked about this before. i feel like it's about power, right? that's the most important thing campaigns but at the end, we just heard jennifer say. would senator sanders, does he have more power now being able to say to joe biden like he says in the debate, you need to pick up some of these things, some issues on poverty, some issues on helping those? you have to put that in your campaign if you want my support or more power by going to the convention and fighting him right until, you know, the summer and saying you're not going to get me out of this race unless you pick them up? >> no, i think the latter is what led to a disaster. what jim was suggesting there, they say that to play games.

the debate has to go on. sister jennifer is right. that should be brought front and scare. joe biden is willing to embrace them, engage them and bernie sanders himself indicated people said to him, i like your ideas and policies but i think this guy is electable. tell the electable guy to broaden the tent has he has done clearly to engage issues and take seriously what is going on with poor people, with african american people with people whose backs are against the wall, poor white people suffering. if we can broaden our tent and enable these people to do those things, yes, that will make a difference. i think bernie sanders played as a team player today in his press conference when he said these are the following questions i'm going to ask joe biden on sunday. i think he was being a team player by given fair warning, these are the issues that people have embraced me on. the younger people did not vote at the same levels that older people seem to vote in their

subscriptions or ideas of joe biden. i think joe biden has the ability to translate the ideas of bernie sanders into articulate policy and public policy that will make a huge difference for the very people that sister jennifer, i, joe biden and bernie sanders care about. >> so jennifer, what would you need to hear from joe biden in order for you to, you know, even if it's not enthusiastic, for the sake of getting issues for vote for him in november if he's the nominee? it's not over yet. >> young people have come out in record numbers. higher than 2016. the difference is they have three to seven-hour long waits in their polling places. one thing that young people need to hear, the democratic party believes they deserve the right to vote and will deal with the fact they are being suppressed. the other thing we need to hear really is on criminal justice reform, joe biden is the architect and author of the '94 crime bill while many democrats voted for it, he led the charge -- >> bernie sanders voted for it

too. let's be honest. >> bernie sanders voted for it and apologized for that vote and committed to working with us to repeal it. >> the policy occurred. the policy still occurred. >> so that same type of commitment and that he is willing to work on it. so far he does not support legalizing marijuana and people incarcerated voting and an end to bail, to cash bail. these are critical issues young black people in particular will need to hear if we believe he will be a nominee going to fight for us. >> okay. we are out of -- >> i can agree with that but look -- >> we're out of time. we're out of time. >> he did what he did -- >> i'm sorry. >> bernie sanders also lived in that house. >> we're going to have you guys come back. michael, jennifer, the clock is against me. thank you both very much. up next, donald trump takes time away from a global pandemic to bash the man that will endorse him in 2016. stay with us.

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donald trump just cannot resist. while the country is gripped with anxiety over a global pandemic many americans feel he's mismanaging completely, trump took the time out of what should be a busy presidential schedule to kick sand at sessions by endorsing sessions' opponent in alabama's republican senate run off later this month. here is a tweet, i'm not going

to read it because why? the winner of the run off on march 31st will face doug jones in the fall. last week nbc report that trump had been privately itching for days to weigh in on alabama senate race to bash his former -- first and former attorney general who is running to win his old seat back but aids convinced him to hold his fire. trump has not gotten over sessions' recusal which found his campaign eagerly accepted help and committed for any other politician but the president would be clear obstruction of justice to cover his tracks. trump ultimately fired sessions who before he was attorney general and trump's favorite punching bag was known as a back bench senator whose top aid was steven miller. in alabama where doug jones is known as a hero of the civil rights movement who is a prosecutor brought long-awaited justice to the men who killed four little girls by firebombing b birmingham's 16th street baptist

church in 1963, sessions was known as a mitigated faux of voting rights. senator elizabeth warren famously tried and blocked by mitch mcconnell from reading into the record coretta scott king's rebusaying nevertheless persisted. sessions is doing what one does as a republican, to try and pitch for alabama to rehire him, he's sucking up to the president who does nothing but mock and torment him meaning he's running to be the next lindsey graham or ted cruz or marco rubio. meanwhile, the president who tried to pull the exact same russia act on joe biden using ukraine to do the dirty work seems more exercised about sessions still hanging around than about americans risk of falling victim to a global pandemic. perfe perfect. thanks for being with us. don't go anywhere.

"all in" with chris hayes is next. tonight on "all in". >> we will see more cases and things will get worse than now. we got to assume it will get worse and worse and worse. >> as the novel coronavirus officially becomes a pandemic. stock market collapses again large event cancellations continue and a major american city closes all public schools. >> the decisions we will be making in the upcoming days will be profoundly disturbing to a lot of ways we live our lives tonight. >> tonight, more calls for dramatic action and what americans to do to protect themselves as the president prepares to address the nation. >> if we get rid of the problem quickly and everything solves itself. we don't need stimulus. >> that and what we learned what bernie sanders addressed the mediay