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get. a very good morning to all of you. it is saturday, march 28th. i'm alex witt. thank you for joining us. we begin with the coronavirus pandemic as this morning there are 102,074 cases of coronavirus all across the 50 states. that death toll climbing now to 1,605. overnight, the number of cases in the united states reaching a new high, sur passing 100,000. the u.s. has more reported coronavirus cases than any other country in the world, and that includes china. president trump signed a $2 trillion economic relief package focused on providing aid to workers and businesses impacted by the pandemic. it passed bipartisan support in both the house and the senate. here's part of the report from tom costello. >> reporter: the package sends $1200 to adults earning $75,000 a year, $2,400 for joint returns and $500 per child. most will receive that via

direct deposit within three weeks. others by check. unemployment benefits vary state to state, anywhere from $250 to $800 a week. the rest of the package adds $600 per week forum to four months and run for 39 weeks. >> this as the president also announced the government will buy thousands of ventilators from a variety of makers from overwhelmed hospitals. now compelling general motors to ramp up production by invoking the defense production act. >> so we did activate it with respect to general motors. hopefully we won't even need the full activation. we will find out. but we need the ventilators. >> the epicenter of the u.s. outbreak is right here in new york city with over 27,000 cases and now 450 deaths reported there. but ground zero is this hospital in elmhurst queens. it is known as a safety net public hospital. it serves low-income patients.

in one day this week, 13 patients died there from coronavirus. let's go to nbc's ron allen joining me from outside elmhurst hospital. i'll tell you, it looks like a scene there you can only believe in the films, right? but i know, ron, you have gone a chance to talk to people. give me your reaction on how new yorkers are feeling right now about this virus. >> reporter: well, here in this neighborhood they are very concerned. queens has the highest incidence of coronavirus cases. this is a line for testing. people come as the sun comes up to get tested and to find out the results in a couple of days. emergency room here has been overrun as well. we have been standing out here for a few days. ambulances are constantly going back and forth. we understand the hospital is operating at 125% of capacity at least. and they have been surging

staff, surging equipment in here on a number of occasions during the past week, trying to keep up with the demand. now, we spoke to a local city counselor who has been in touch with hospital management. here's his take on how things are going here. >> they're afraid that the supplies are going to run out. they're afraid that elmhurst is going to be overrun. they're saying that there's a lot of bed space that they can't find. now thank goodness, they have been able to bringen enforcements in finding bed space in other hospitals throughout the city. i think we will see things get worse before they get better. when you see 13 people died in one day when the refrigerated truck is here, it is a very sobering scene. >> reporter: that of course is a reference to a morgue storage area that is here in case unclear whether it's -- how much if at all it has been utilized.

the bottom line is here and around the city they are trying to increase hospital capacity. they are trying to create hospitals, for example, at the convention center, javits center in manhattan, 2,000 bed facility there. they are opening up the aqueduct raceway here in queens and trying to create an emergency hospital there. we know that the navy hospital ship is leaving norfolk, virginia and schedule to go arrive here later today with 1,000 beds. the idea is to make this hospital purely a place for coronavirus patients and moving other patients who are here for other issues to other places. so, again, despite all that, given all that, the governor is still concerned about the lack of enough hospital beds, especially icu beds, and of course a lot of concern about the ventilators that we keep hearing about. >> real quick, look over your left shoulder. tell me how many people are in line right now. clearly respecting that social

distancing. >> there's about 15 or 20 people in line right now. the line snakes around those barricades. they are there to keep people spaced apart and to keep some order here. people tell us they have been standing in line for three, four hours. it's a nice, pleasant morning here. a couple of days ago it was cold and rainy. many probably don't have private doctors to call and so on and so forth. there is a level of fear, anxiety people we have spoken to by telephone for safe distance. >> yeah. >> reporter: just a tragic and dire situation. >> it is better to be standing out in this kind of weather than in the rain. that could bring more problems with the chill and the like. ron allen, thanks so much for that. we appreciate it. joining me now, epidemiologist

and msnbc science constritribuo and dr. holly phillips. as we look at all these new cases, we have the u.s. being the first country to top 100,000. does that surprise you? do you interpret meaning it is spreading more quickly than in other countries? give me a comparison to china and italy. >> sure. we have sur passed china and italy in the number of overall cases. now it looks says like we are surpassing it in the rate of bread. new york city, which we are calling appropriately the epicenter of the virus, the number of cases is growing. there is some sort of good news on the horizon which is that the rate of those cases seems to be slowing.

by tuesday they seemed to be doubling every 2.7. so the number is going up quickly. silver lining right there. >> let's get to you, joseph. in terms of testing, how many americans have actually been tested and is this a reasonable rate? should we be stepping it up further? >> the honest truth is i don't know how many total. i haven't seen the negatives versus the positives. when we compare it to germany doing 5 how tests a week, that is proportional to their population and appropriate. and those countries have a much slower spread and campaigned the virus much better than we have in the united states. it is directly tied to our

ability to test. only things with a known case are being tested. we know there is asymptomatic transmission. everybody should be able to get tested to know where we are on the peak, what the peak looks like, and if we are actually flattening out the curve. the ones we are seeing are going to the hospital. >> are we going to get to where we need to go by having the private sector producing en masse these tests. we have to pull everybody together to get the numbers of tests. if so, how much do we worry about accuracy? >> absolutely. on all accounts we need the private sector fully engaged. we have a robust private sector in this industry. there are two types of tests. the nasal swab. that tells you if you are acutely ill.

and the serology test will tell you if you had and recovered from covid-19. the reason that's important is the most promising treatment now is convalescent serum, someone who recovered with antibodies that you can put into another person in the fight and help their own immune systems overcome the fight. >> a dear friend overseas has recovered. she said, look, now i can be of help. maybe i can go out. i said, oh, hang on, let's talk to the doctor before you start doing that. how about the death rate, dr. phillips? how does it compare to others around the world? if you see the difference, what is the difference? >> we are now starting to see the death rate accelerate. and that's directly in proportion to the number of cases we're diagnosing, the number of people who are critically ill and ultimately terminally ill. we're not necessarily seeing a higher death rate than some of the other places that have been

hit very hard. italy, spain, and china when it was really at its apex. but a lot of this really has to teal with how quickly we can contain and mitigate the virus. the social distancing makes a tremendous difference. if everyone were to contract the virus at once, the health care system would be beyond overwhelmed. this is no longer a theoretical idea. in new york state, we see hospitals already overwhelmed. the more we overwhelm, the higher the death rate will be. >> what you are saying in terms of flattening the curve. you talked about social distancing and it is having some effect as you have seen some positive movement in that direction. but here's something overwhelmed, the ventilator topic. take a listen to governor cuomo on that. >> i hope he's right. you know, i hope no one gets sick. i hope no one needs a

ventilator. but i don't operate on what i hope, what i would like to see or what my expectation is. i operate on the data and on the numbers and on the science. . >> in terms of those numbers, the number used has been 30,000 to 40,000 ventilators just for new york. >> yeah. >> so what does science tell you? >> it is absolutely right. we predicted at least since 2009 in the h1n1, exercises were done afterwards how many ventilators we would need in the case of a respiratory pandemic. we have known for at least a decade, if not more, that we would not have nearly enough. we would have a fraction of what we needed. the good thing about ventilators is they don't expire as a commercial good. i am worried we have coming to this too late. when you are ramping up production, it is easier for companies who make them already it is easy for them to make.

but gm, it is no small task. it will take weeks to a month to even get them tooled to start making ventilators, a completely new line of business for them. >> and costly one at that. a headline from the university of washington researchers says 81,000 deaths in the u.s. by july. and it also adds the initial wave could end by summer if, if, if this countries stays on lockdown. are both of these concepts viable? doctor, to you first. >> which one. >> oh, that's right. i'm sorry. dr. holly phillips. >> sure. a lot of these concepts are viable. we certainly hope that we start to see some lessening of the speed of the spread of the virus. part of it has to do with our own behavior. school is out. of course school is out in many plates nationwide already. but that helps to slow the spread of viruses.

we will also be outside. that might help slow the spread. we don't know about coronavirus in particular if that virus, the way it is composed if it will spread less in a hot temperature. but we have to still say vigilant. if indeed it starts to slow during the warm weather, it may then pick up again in the fall, october or november. this is not a put a band-aid on it, quick fix. social distancing is the number one weapon in our arsenal. >> very quickly, joseph, 81,000, what do you think about that? >> i think it's very -- there's a high percentage that could be a correct number. it might even be on the low end. it is going to depend on the vent laters, how quickly we can get people into care, do we have enough beds for them. do they have ventilation

available? i think it's a very appropriate number. presumably we will see a dip in the summer. we do with most respiratory viruses in general. you still get colds and flus. we have longer daylight hours, uv rays. >> both doctors. thank you very much. good to see you both. let's go to the white house and kelly o'donnell. with a good day to you, my friend, there in front of the white house on a saturday morning, as always. we have the president, who has invoked this rarely used federal law to help fight the outbreak. tell me what this is all about. >> reporter: good morning, alex. despite early reluctance from president trump he is now using the federal government's power to force the manufacturer of additional ventilators and said he will buy more in the marketplace where available over the next three months. that is a tight timeline given the fact that critical illnesses continues to rise in hot spots around the country.

president trump moved from talk to action on forced manufacturing of medical equipment. . >> ventilators are a big deal. >> reporter: after nine days of discussing the defense production act powers, friday the president finally used it when he says negotiations with general motors to build ventilators hit a roadblock. . >> we didn't want to play games. if they don't treat you right, i don't call. >> reporter: in a remarkable turnaround, the president who had insisted last week the federal government is not the nation's shipping clerk. >> we have to get these people on board. we're not looking to get into a big deal on price. >> reporter: now says the u.s. government can order ventilators to supply states and allies. . >> if we do not need them, that would be wonderful. we could help a lot of great people all over the world. we can help them live. >> reporter: bristling at demands and complaints from some governors, mr. trump made known

his expectations. >> there i want them to be appreciative. >> reporter: the president backed off his push to ease restrictions by easter sunday saying he will consult medical experts. >> life, then your safety. and if we need more time, they are not going to have a time waiting it out. >> reporter: the president was surrounded by republican leaders as he signed the largest relief package in u.s. history. democrats were not invited to attend. >> i want to thank republicans and democrats. >> reporter: today president trump heads to norfolk, virginia to send off a navy hospital ship. nbc's courtney kube. >> reporter: the next time it is scheduled to be in port is in new york city. the 1,000 beds on this hospital ship will ease some of the burden on new york city's overwhelmed hospital system. >> it sends a signal. when the president is able to go there and say thank you. >> reporter: and a brief trip

from the white house to norfolk, virginia and back. he said he would be careful not to be shaking hands or be too close to others there. and general motors is also responding saying it had every intention to work with the ventilator partner to make these ventilators at its kokomo, indiana plant. they are pushing back on the assistance that he had to force them to do this. their goal is to produce 10,000 a month. it will take a little time to retool one of their factories to make this possible. alex? >> kelly, thank you. u s t"usns comfort" with courtn kube. there is another floating hospital. this one "usns mercy". it is expected to open this weekend, a converted oil tanker. it arrived friday in the port of los angeles, specifically there in long beach, now providing much needed support to california hospitals. they are keeping their distance.

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at 23 past the hour, just a little ways outside our front door here in rockefeller center. take it from me, that is times square. though you would never know it except for the brilliantly lit up billboards. it is never this empty, especially on a saturday morning. state leaders across the country are pleading with the president getting help for much needed supplies. president trump is questioning the need particularly for ventilators right here in the hardest hit state of new york. >> new york is a bigger deal, but it's going to go also. but i have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are bigger than they are going to be. i don't believe you need 40,000

or 30,000 ventilators. you go into major hospitals sometimes and they will have two ventilators. now all of a sudden they are saying can we order 30,000 ventilators. >> and right now white house reporter maura. take a listen to this. >> i hope he's right. you know, i hope no one gets sick. i hope no one needs a ventilator. but i don't operate on what i hope or what i would like to see or what my expectation is. i operate on the data and on the numbers and on the science. >> all right. i want to point out a couple of things. the president made that statement on wednesday, the statement we just heard from governor cuomo on friday. but is there a disconnect here? shouldn't the information that the president receives on a daily basis be given the very same information that new york has? do you think the president either has been or continues to

downplay this? >> reporter: this does appear to be sort of downplaying, the gravity of the situation here and casting doubt on it there. i would point out, the interesting thing is the next day you see the president invoking the defense production act in order to ramp up testing. maybe that's the recognition that the situation is more dire, that there is a need for more ventilators. but there does appear to be a disconnect on the numbers there. governor cuomo saying that number earlier this week, i believe it was on tuesday, said the information he's been getting with regular contact with the governors and the administration. the other thing is deborah birx had a press conference on thursday indicated they were getting information from new york officials that suggested they had, you know, a supply of ventilators and icu beds.

a bit of confusion there. >> look, the president has suggested he wants to stay positive. do you think politically speaking this sort of optimistic approach is what is influencing the president? >> reporter: well, this is obviously a huge issue for him for his presidency. it is the biggest crisis he has been confronted. it is a huge concern for the president. that is a big part of his re-election. and dealing with the public crisis and trying to balance those two things. there is concern certainly that he's thinking about that as well. you see a little bit of tension in wanting to make sure he is listening to the experts on health and the economy and trying to figure out how to chart a path forward. >> yeah. okay. before officially invoking the defense production act, which the president did yesterday, the president called out gm saying

it must immediately open their stupidly abandoned plant in lordstown, ohio, and start making ventilators now. gm is the only one he invoked this order for. he has certainly gone after gm in the past. no love lost there at different points in his administration. is there a sense that the president might be using this to punish them now? >> reporter: you did see him refer to his complaints about gm during his press conference yesterday. but from what the president has said, basically there were discussions with gm in order to ramp up production. he said they had come to an agreement to produce 40,000 ventilators but then backed off and said it would be 6,000. an issue with the price. it seems as though there were ongoing discussions. probably a lot of confusion about an agreement with gm and the administration to produce these ventilators. and that finally led him yesterday to using his authority which of course over the last

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general motors to ramp up production of ventilators. and the u.s. naval medical ship "comfort" will bring relief to new york city hospitals. the president is to be on hand as it sets sail this afternoon. and a rapid increase in cases. boston, philadelphia, detroit, and new orleans could be the next hot spots. >> we are concerned about certain counties that look like they are having a more rapid increase. we look at wayne county, michigan and cook county in chicago. the hot spots are in urban areas or in the communities that serve that urban area. >> the number of u.s. cases now topping 102,000. the death toll rising to 1,605. the main story on today's front pages all relates to the signing of the $2 trillion relief

package. the los angeles times headlines says trump orders production of ventilators and also reports on the kewell april that could be in store. i want to show you two versions of the "new york times" front page. the main headline and u.s. version, plea for ventilators as trump signs a bill. and the international edition, the main story, an apocalyptic surge about new york hospitals running out of space. on the left there, doctors are writing their wills. sobering. across the country, new questions about how that coronavirus may impact the general election and is upending how candidates are campaigning. geoff bennett has more on all of this. geoff, awfully good to see you, as always. >> reporter: you as well. >> these candidates, look, they are trying to come up with new ways, trying to get their

message across. but it's not that simple. >> reporter: it is not simple at all, alex. you're right about that. the coronavirus pandemic as you well know has transformed every aspect of american life to include the race for the white house. virtual campaigning is now the new norm for bernie sanders and joe biden. with president trump seizing the national spotlight each day the democratic candidates have had to come up with new ways to reach out to voters. while the remaining 2020 presidential candidates are used to seeing adoring crowds on the campaign trail, the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to find new ways to connect with voters. trump daily briefings are now his daily substitute for campaign rallies. >> we have done one hell of a job. and it's lucky that you have this group here right now for this problem or you wouldn't even have a country left. >> reporter: the president who down played the impact, blanketed the airwaves. with the leading democratic

candidate left pushing for a higher profile. former vice president joe biden, like most americans, is following the cdc guidance to stay at home. and it threatens to blunt his momentum. biden's campaign installed a television studio in his pavement to help step up his public presence. >> i'm champing at the bit. but i am where i am. i'm hoping to be the nominee of the democratic party and hoping to get my message across. >> reporter: biden holds virtual press briefings, appearing on digital version of jimmy kimmel. >> are you able to stay away from people during this time? >> i'm not officially quarantined, but i'm trying to follow the rules here. >> reporter: and hosted a virtual happy hour. >> none of us want to be cooped up in our homes. >> reporter: senator bernie sanders is signaling he's pressing forward despite trailing in the delegate count. he held a virtual townhall.

remaining in the presidential race for months to come since now more than a dozen states have postponed their primary elections out of fear that in-person voting right now could spread the virus. even though joe biden has opened up a nearly insurmountable lead over bernie sanders, bernie sanders is actively pursuing the democratic nomination. he wants to participate in an april debate if one ends up being scheduled. but joe biden says there have been enough debates. he wants to bring this democratic primary to a quick close, alex. >> stay with me for a second. i want to play a sound bite from rachel maddow last night. she had an exclusive with nancy pelosi who was not added to the signing ceremony. take a listen to what nancy pelosi had to say last night. >> we saw the president sign the bill, and he was a dangerous president. it was so sad to hear him say as he signed the bill just think back 20 days, 20 days ago

everything was great. everything was great. and now 20 days later we have this challenge. no, 20 days ago we had nearly 500 cases, 17 deaths. we had the threat that he chose to ignore. >> again, she talked about having heard him because she was not invited to witness that despite working collaboratively in a bipartisan fashion to get the $2 trillion aid package signed. you know, she's calling out the president. your reaction or that which you think is sort of echoing in the halls of capitol hill to the president's slow to be on the uptake in relationing the severity of this? >> reporter: yeah. i think the house speaker there, alex, is reiterating what is in the public record. even though president trump likes to make the case, as he put it, the shelves were left bare and he is trying to ramp up supplies. the house speaker is making clear that president trump, at

least in the initial weeks, perhaps even a month, did downplay the threat posed and the economic impact of the pandemic, even though now he has certainly shifted his tone or at least tried to, alex. >> geoff bennett in washington. thank you, my friend. we'll see you again. new reporting this week shows coronavirus cases have been confirmed in at least 10 amazon warehouses. this as delivery services like amazon have become increasingly essential for those sheltering in place due to the pandemic. internal medicine physical and msnbc medical contributor. it's great to have you here. i'm going to tell you, i had an amazon delivery yesterday. it came to my home. and i noticed the delivery man was not wearing any gloves. and i thought for a minute about that. am i wroefr reacting or is there a risk when you get a delivery? are there certain safety things that need to be in place. >> good morning, alex. how are you doing. >> doing well, despite what i

just talked about. and i hope you are too. honestly, so many people are getting these deliveries. how much do you have to think about that? >> that is an important question. a lot of people are concerned about transmission. how is this virus really getting around. so we do know the virus can remain active on certain surfaces and, say, cardboard boxes it may be up to 24 hours. look, the main mode of transmission still remains through respiratory droplets. yes, we have been advising people to wipe down services. if the delivery person isn't wearing gloves, maybe once you get the package, protect yourself. maybe people can wipe it down. i would be more concerned about the respiratory drop lets and maintaining physical distance from fellow human beings. >> is i have to tell you, i reacted the way i said. put this in my hands, kicked open my door, dropped it. it was rather ridiculous. >> i know.

but i know someone who is taking lie sole spray, spraying that down on a box. or if you have a clorox wipe or something like that. is that something that you think is not unreasonable? >> yeah. it's not unseasonable. if ever there was a time when people overdid things, overcleaned, overwiped, i would much rather that. look, we are never going to go back to what used to be. i'm naming timelines pre-covid and post covid. that timeline is gone. it is a good thing. people are paying more attention to hygiene and the fact that, look, these bacteria, these viruses are not going anywhere. they are going to be impacting all people from all walks of life. it does not discriminate. and that is just not going to ever change. >> i have to tell you, we have categorized our years as b.c., a.d., and now suggested that it

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i think that a lot of the athletes expected it. but i support today's decision and the health of everyone is more important than the olympics at this time. so i'm just excited that a decision has finally been may and we can move on and get prepared for 2021. >> the dream is still here. it has been delayed but not denied. so i am trying to stay hopeful in this process just knowing it's been pushed back a year. >> i think we are all capable of getting through this time and coming out on the other end. and hopefully the olympics in tokyo will truly be a celebration of that. and joining me now via facetime, mike tirico. you heard the reaction from the olympians. how do you think this is affecting them? a year in the timeline of an athlete. >> all of that reactions, were interviews we did from here on

tuesday with about 50 olympians. you will see a lot of that noon eastern time on nbc on the network sunday with an hour special regarding some of the reaction. if i had to characterize it in a sense i would say they were disappointed but not deterred. i think after a few weeks off, they will get right back into whatever mode they need to train. they saw this coming the last week. so they were prepared for it. the big next step is what's the date of the olympics going to be? we don't know that yet. once they have a calendar spot, then i think they know how to work towards it for the next 10, 11, 12 months. >> and focus all they do, the way they do so incredibly well. with so much of sports being canceled because of this pandemic, how do you think the absence of sports is affecting society? >> well, first off, there is an economic impact. so many people who work in these stadiums. the people who work with us as technicians on the broadcasts,

for example. think of them. so many different parts of the day-to-day economy that are impacted by it. then the larger scale. it is not just u.s. it is global. soccer leagues around the world are shut down right now. i think the entertainment valley is something that we take for granted sometimes. the escapism that is sports. think of this weekend. we know how big the college basketball ncaa tournament is, march madness. this weekend we would have seen the first two teams to go to the final four. and two tomorrow. that is four alumnis, four campuses, memories that last a lifetime. i went to syracuse university. we talk fondly about the days we went to the final four. those memories will never be captured for folks. the emotional and long term impact of civic pride in sports is something that, like everything else, we are all just missing right now. >> i'm a huge l.a. dodgers fan. i was looking at dodgers stadium being converted now into a

drive-through testing center for those suffering from coronavirus. mike, as you look at the calendar, summer sports probably done with the olympics. and you have a pretty quick win afterwards. will you even sleep? >> i think a little bit. i think we'll find some time traveling back and forth. and when they do, this fall is going to be very busy. if we get back to sports at a reasonable time is going to be very busy. all these big events like the kentucky derby, the indy 500, many of these sports will be pushed back. the wrap up of the basketball season, nhl, we're hopeful of that. maybe games will start without fans, but once they start, we're going to be wall to wall for the next couple of years. we're hopefully resting for a fraet run. >> we're also looking for ward

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good morning. it is saturday, march 27th. the covid-19 pandemic continues to reek ravic around the globe. there are now more than 600,000 confirmed cases of the disease worldwide according to johns hopkins university, including boris johnson and prince charles. at least 27,800 people have d d died. italy has been particularly devastateded. yesterday reporting 919 deaths in a 24 hour period. that is the highest daily toll anywhere in the world. bringing italy i death toll to more than 9,000 people. here in the unite