time for this nation. for us, that's our broadcast on a tuesday night. on behalf of all of our colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night from our temporary field headquarters. good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, april 15th. i'm yasmin vossoughian. we begin with president trump's eagerness to reopen the economy. he says plans are close to being finalized even as health zperl s experts warn he's likely moving too fast. the president appeared to back away over his claim of totally authority over the states now saying he will work with individual governors to implement appropriate openings and when and how they're appropriate for states. some states could open before his may 1st goal. watch some of this. >> the day will be very close

because certain states as you know are in much different condition and a much different place than other states. it's going to be very, very close. maybe even before the date of may 1st. so, that will be for some states, actually, there are over 20 that are in extremely good stra shape. and we think we're going to be able to get them open fairly quickly. and then others will follow. but we're all set as i said, the governors are going to be opening up their states. they're going to declare when. they're going to know when. some could open very, very shortly. if not almost immediately. we'll give a date but the date's going to be to be in the very near future. so we'll get it open. individual states the governors will be held accountable, we want them to do testing, we want

them because they're equipped to do testing. and for some reason things are going to be happening that we don't like, that the numbers are not heading in the right direction, we'll have to do something that's very serious. we maybe have to close them up and start all over again. >> two sources tell "the washington post" the president's adviser, they're trying to shield him from political responsibility should his plan to reopen the economy prove to be premature. and trying to mobilize business executives, economists and other figures into their eventual plans that if it does not work, the blame can be shared broadly. the top doctor is advising the president. they're already warning about relaxing mitigation strategies too soon. here's dr. anthony fauci and the director of the cdc dr. robert redfield. >> i think that if we are assuming that two weeks from now that all of the curves are going

to be down, i think that's -- that's a bit overly optimistic. the thing we absolutely have to have in place -- we better have in place, is the capability of very efficiently identifying, isolating, contact tracing, getting people out of circulation if they get infected. because once you start getting clusters, then you're really in trouble. so, to me, we have to have something in place that is efficient. and that we can rely on. and we're not there yet. >> we don't need a second bump right now. we need -- you know, we're stabilized. we're almost at the peak. i think the cases will drop fast. but what we don't need is to have a secondary bump in june or july because certain areas of the nation relaxed their mitigation strategies too quickly. >> so amidst all of these

conversations, coronavirus dearths surged yesterday to mark the nation's deadliest day as of yet. in in which where projections showed signs of improvement, the death toll jumped by more than 350 people. that is the garden state's largest single day increase since the outbreak ever began. the grim reality is similar across the united states, including california which also reported its deleeiest 24 hours. covid-19 is gripping washington, d.c., virginia and maryland, 67 deaths across the metro area. louisiana's fight against the virus is no different. the growing hot spot has now become the fourth state to exceed 1,000 coronavirus deaths. the fatality rate there nearly doubled in the span of 24 hours. new york city death toll exponentially shot up by more than 3700 victims yesterday, after officials included those who never tested positive for the virus while alive, but are

presumed to have died from covid-19. just that increase alone has boosted the total number of deaths here in the united states nearly 17%. 17% up. already the virus at the center the world. new york cities towering death toll has crossed 10,000 despite noting a net increase in total hospitalizations. dr. andrew cuomo tallied up an additional 778 deaths to the state's staggering number. cuomo also vowed to engage in a fight with the president over when to reopen the hard-hit state. >> sometimes it takes more strength, frankly, to walk away from a fight than engage it. the president will have no fight with me. i will not engage in it. i've sat here every day for 44 years asking new yorkers to remember that this is not about me. it's about we. this is no time for politics. and it is no time to fight.

i put my hand out in total partnership and cooperation with the president. if he wants a fight, he's not going to get it from me, period. >> and california governor gavin newsom announced a framework for how the state would eventually reopen as officials are lifting restrictive orders amit the coronavirus pandemic. the governor said any time frame is up in the air and a lot of benchmarks need to be hit before restrictions could start to get lifted. some of the measures include temporarily redrawing floor plans in schools and businesses for greater physical distancing. restaurants included in that as well. creating enough room in hospitals for a surge of patients and providing enough personal protective equipment for first responders. newsom said wider testing capacity would be needed that is his goal to help treat patients. the head of california's health department said restaurants are

likely to be able to reopen with fewer tables here. here are the restrictions. and face masks are likely to become commonplace. also on the radio yesterday, republic cap congressman trey holdinglingsworth said letting americans die is the lever of two evils compared to letting the economy tumble. >> it is always the american government's position to say, in the choice between of the loss of our way of life as americans and the loss of american lives we have to also choose the latter. it is policies' decision to put on our big boy and big girl pants and say this is the lesser of two evil. it is not zero evil, but we intend to move in that direction. let's get into this a bit,

joining us right now, white house correspondent for reuters jeff mason. jeff great to see you and that you're healthy. >> thank you. >> you were quite busy throughout the day yesterday. you were pretty active on twitter, to say the least, taking us through the play-by-play to the president's back and forth with regards to his overall capability as president. and the power that he has, walking back some of the statements that he made in that briefing the night before. walk us through exactly what took place yesterday. >> sure. walking back on some levels, but on other levels really staying pretty close to what he has said. the big briefing that you're talking about was the day before, in the white house briefing room, where he said that he had the ultimate authority to determine when to reopen the u.s. economy. and that he did not need to consult with the states because it was his decision. then, yesterday, as you say, he did start talking about this is something that i will do in

conjunction with u.s. governors. and then in his press conference in the rose garden, he talked about having individual dates for each state. and not pressing states, for example, new york, to reopen before they were ready. but he did yesterday in that rose garden press conference also use the word "authorize." he would authorize the states to open. he was not -- he was still doubling down on his belief which not everyone agrees with and which there are constitutional questions that he has the ultimate authority to make that decision. >> hey, jeff, could i just have you quickly weigh in on the sound that i just played as i was leading into you from congressman trey hollingsworth, basically saying that letting more americans die from the coronavirus is the lesser of two evils versus letting the economy tumble towards the depression.

is this at all a view that is shared in washington from your reporting? >> you know, that's a good question. it's -- it's hard to respond to a comment like that. i think from the white house they are certainly balancing in their discussions the risks of reopening the economy, versus having that curve of deaths in the coronavirus victims infected. but i think you'd be hard-pressed to find somebody saying from the white house, look, we're willing to give up american lives. that said, it is a question. and it is a question that people, no doubt right now, on the coronavirus task force are grappling with, as the president pushes to get the economy reopen while there are still a huge number of cases around the country. so there is certainly a tension there. that said, as i said just a

second ago, i think you -- i would be very surprised to hear somebody at the white house come out and say, we're willing to give up x number of peoples' lives in order to have the economy back up on his previous footing. >> it is startling to hear someone say that publicly. that they're willing to give up american lives for the economy. those are brothers, mothers, sisters, fathers, daughters and sons. nobody wants to see any lives lost. jeff mason, thanks so much. great to see you this morning. stay close. i'm going to talk to you in just a little bit. let's talk 2020 for a moment here. former president barack obama endorsing his former vice president one day after bernie sanders threw his support behind the presumptive democratic nomin nominee. >> that's why i'm so proud to endorse joe biden for president

of the united states. choosing joe to be my vice president was one of the best decisions i ever made and he came a close friend. i believe joe has all the qualities we need in a president right now. >> president obama who had remained on the sidelines throughout the 2020 primary was more engaged that revealed. "the new york times" reports that obama stayed in close contact with officials in hopes of preventing a repeat of the 2016 primary. with several calls with sanders and biden how to best unite the party. sources familiar with the discussions telling nbc news that last week. obama's conversation with the senator played a significant role in the vermont's start bid to endorse biden sources close to sanders is telling the "times." a look at how the restaurant industry is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. and why many businesses are now

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welcome back, everybody. the hard-hit u.s. restaurant industry is battling on multiple front as midst the coronavirus outbreak. and restaurantgoers filed a federal lawsuit on monday against delivery services like grubhub and doordash, for the fees forced responsible establishments trying to survive. the suit alleges both practices raised the price on customers. meanwhile, owners of upscale companies are battling for business interruption. there's a clause in a lot of

retail policies that insurance claim are meant to cover losses from physical damage such as fire or flood. and they're not necessarily meant to cover health closures. let's get into this with our legal analyst danny cevallos. great to see you, danny, as we don't see many people throughout the day. this is my social interaction. let's start with the customer interaction suit. it seems that diners are suing for the restaurants as well as themselves, on their own behalf. break this down for us. could this actually help the industry and customers alike in these tough times? >> grubhub have revolutionized the way people eat, unfortunately in my case, overeat, especially in times of pandemic. but in america, we have a bit of a conflict, if you revolutionize

your industry, then you dominate the industry. the apps have been so successful that they can dictate terms to these mom and pop restaurants as to pricing and other things that the restaurants essentially have to accept because these food delivery apps have dominated the marketplace. although the complaint alleges that in new york, for example, these apps have about a 60% market share. not exactly 99%. but the complaint essentially alleges that these restaurants really have no choice, but to go along with these terms or simply be pushed out of existence. >> i mean, it's astounding if you look at some of the stats. i want to bring up a full screen for you quickly here. more than 600,000 food and beverage establishments throughout the country. you have more than $850 billion in revenue just in 2019 alone. from the restaurant industry.

15.6 million jobs overall. the restaurant industry, more than 4% of the gdp. astounding to even think of the impact on the economy with the closures of all of these restaurants throughout the country, amidst the pandemic. and then with that, we're talking about the interruption to the insurance suits which i want to get into a bit. can coronavirus be considered as much of a natural disaster as a flood when it comes to this kind of insurance? >> on the one hand, if you're a company and you buy business interruption insurance, you're dealing right now like your business has been as interrupted as it can be. the insurance companies are going to argue in most of these policies to trigger business interruption coverage there has to be something called property damage. often they exclude things specifically like viruses. but they will also argue that your property is not damaged by a virus the same way it is, say,

a meteorite crashes through your roof. after a certain period of time, whether hours or a couple days it becomes completely non-virused and no longer damaged. in some cases, temporary damage like an ammonia residue can damage. but at some point, you say, hey, you signed a contract and specifically it caused virus and this is not property damage. >> it seems as though, a lot of these restaurants are going to be left out to dry when they need the most help to help the country and get everybody back on their feet. danny cevallos great to see you, my friend. give my best to your family. still ahead, we're digging into the impact that shows the growing impact that it has on health care workers across the

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meteorologist bill karins standing by for us. bill, as always, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> great to see you. take us through the numbers, bill. it seems as if we're finally hitting the apex and beginning to flatten that curve, despite of the fact that we had the deadliest day in this country yesterday. >> it's a weird position we're ins right? we know we kind of hit the apex in number of cases but we haven't hit the number of cases in number of deaths. we're happy that hospitalizations are going down, new cases are going down, but the fate faalities are going up. it's two different worlds here. we're at 26,000 total, again, we have not hit the apex on this. this is the graph that we've been showing of the new cases. you see in march, we went up the stairs. then as we went through last week, we plateaued. then we were coming down. yesterday, we took a misstep. we went up a little bit than the day before. it was a gradual process.

a little blitz here and there. we take that average first. new cases, 27,000 yesterday. remember, our max for one day was 34,000. we've come down a little bit. remember, 4% of all of these new cases will end up in deaths, fatalities of people who have it. all of these cases of people going to the hospital they know they are going to be in a fight for their lives in some cases. it's pain full coming down. the forecast for today, yasmin, we do see rain on the east coast. pretty quiet throughout much of the country. we're done with the big storm and now it looks like the weather and we're going to struggle to warm up. >> bill, good to see you this morning. still ahead, president trump is facing more and more criticism for his response for the coronavirus crisis. but he's pointing his fingers to the world health organization. plus, stimulus checks are being sent to millions of americans but they may be due a little late due to a small

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assess the world health organization's role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus. american taxpayers provide between $400 million and $500 million per year to the w.h.o. in contrast, china contributes roughly $40 million a year, and even less, as the organization's leading sponsor, the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability. with the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic, we have deep concerns whether america's generosity has been put to the best use possible. the reality is, that the w.h.o. failed to adequately obtain, vet and share information in a timely and transparent fashion. >> and president trump has faced questions about whether he ignored warnings about the severity of the pandemic early on. and as "the washington post" is pointing out, the finger

pointing allows trump to deflect blame from his own initial reaction to the outbreak as of no consequence to the united states. joining me once again to talk about this white house correspondent for reuters jeff mason. jeff, good to see you again. >> you, too. >> president trump already facing, as we well know, a lot of criticism for his response for a lack thereof to the coronavirus pandemic. now saying he's going to cut funding to the world health organization amidst a pandemic. as this thing is spreading across the entire world, not just here in the united states, not just in china, not just in south korea, but across the world, and going to do a lot of damage to the world health organization in making that decision. what is the president exactly trying to get at here with that? >> well, there are a lot of factors at play here. number one, there is some legitimate criticism that he wants to direct at the w.h.o. number two, this is a president

who has thrived on choosing scapegoats. he has chosen people, chosen organizations, other multilateral organizations. he has ripped on democrats, ripped on the media. the ati at times during his short political career where he feels under pressure. he no doubt feels under pressure right now. and it's consistent also with his other decisions to pull the united states out of multilateral agreements and multilateral organizations. the paris climate accord comes to mind as does the iran nuclear agreement. so i think it's all related to that. and you also know that president trump is always irritated about money and hears that the united states pays too much money into these organizations. so, all of that comes to sort of a single point here, when he has decided to put so much blame on

the w.h.o. for what did not go well. he doesn't believe went well, at the beginning of this pandemic. and in the same context, as you were reading from that "washington post" story of he himself being criticized for not taking this pandemic seriously. and not at the very top. >> and as i was watching that, i was just thinking i wonder what dr. fauci and dr. birx were thinking as he was talking about cutting funding to the world health organization amidst the pandemic. let's switch gears and talk about the 2020 election. big day yesterday. former president barack obama throwing support behind his former vice president and very close friend joe biden. how critical was this move for the democrats to win back the white house and unite the party? >> well, it was a huge move, on many levels. president obama remains just a very, very important figure in the party. and he has been largely quiet during the democratic primary.

joe biden saying early on that the president was not going to give him an endorsement. that he needed to do it on his own. now, it's joe biden's -- it's joe biden's party. and joe biden will -- is the presumptive nominee. and president obama, of course, wanted to get behind him and back him. and it's significant as well, in so far as it's a chance for democrats to really rally. and to do that, with the support of the popular figurehead that is the former president. just, you knono, not too long ar bernie sanders endorsed the former vice president as well. >> yeah. seems like full speed ahead for the biden camp to say the least. jeff mason, thanks as always. great to see you. have a great day. still ahead, how u.s. diplomacy and military readiness are faring amidst the coronavirus pandemic. your "first look" at "morning joe" is back in a moment.

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welcome back, everybody. the global pandemic is raising serious challenges, not only on the health front, but also for u.s. diplomacy and military readiness. we want to tackle those two topics right now. joining me now, i've got a great panel former u.s. ambassador to sikh and former assistant of state to east asia and now chancellor at university of denver christopher hill. and allied commander retired four-star admiral james ste starides. i'm going to start with you when you think about the president's handling of the coronavirus and how it has taken place, has that opened up the u.s. for potential

military or secyber attacks fro other countries? has that mads potentially more vulnerable? >> i think the virus is making us more vulnerable in a variety of ways. i'll give you two. one is the deployed overseas forces are often packed together physic physically closely. think about the ships and u.s. aircraft carriers but certainly, our special forces. air crews packed in hangar bays around the world. with that promise simximity com vulnerability to the virus. we've seen "the roosevelt" taken offline. yes, this is going to make us vulnerable. i'll tell you the one i've worried about more, i've mentioned this a couple times of late, is cyber. or cyber vulnerabilities.

as we try to shift so many of our functions outside of in-person situation, and into the kind of online conversation you and i are having right now. it becomes vulnerable. that's fine for you and i to do this on an unclassified circuit right now. but our military and our supply chains are all more vulnerable to cyber. >> admiral, how do you defend that, how do you prepare for something like that, especially when the country is an all-hands on deck scenario, trying to stop the spread of this pandemic? >> you have to do it with ruthless prioritization. you have to do it with leadership that creates international, inneragency and private/public connectivity. and in both of those areas, we are stepping back and away from the world. and that's going to hurt our security. and i think someone like ambassador chris hill, my good

friend, can do that well. >> ambassador hill, i want you to weigh in on the question i just asked the admiral basically how we line up defenses here, being so vulnerable in a time like this, a. and secondly, responsibility here, you've got a lot of republicans in congress basically increasing pressure on the president to respond to china's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. what can actually be done in that response? >> well, certainly, american diplomacy needs to be active on the things that are important right now. unfortunately, you see the state department kind of focusing on issues that, frankly, are important at a normal time. but really shouldn't be the focus. for example, venezuela or something. one of the issues with china, of course, is that the secretary of state pompeo hasn't visited china almost two years. we've had a pretty bad

diplomatic relation, although our trade relation has gone forward. so, again, i think this is, the administration has trouble kind of focusing apart from what the president is thinking about at that moment. and i think the president's thought process right now, you know, a sort of blame game, not in an effort to try to coordinate international leaders to deal with a problem that is really quite serious. so, it's diplomacy really that's not functioning. >> let's talk about another vulnerability that is possible throughout the world. ambassador, hi hill, you had th international monetary fund that's basically saying that we're headed to a depression around the world. could that feasibly cause civil disorder in third world countries? because when you think about depression affecting the united states, it's bad, right? but we will eventually recover

in some way, shape or form. but you think about small countries, east and west africa, what that could do, and the reverberations around the world, that could feasibly cause major threats to the united states? >> yes, in fact, we've seen a little of this even before the pandemic. we're seeing greater and greater signs of civil unrest. and countries worrying about this differential. and i think what's pretty worrisome, to some extent, the coronavirus hasn't even hit the global south. as it might hit the global south, as it might in the coming months. so, again, america needs, i think, a better response, a better capability. and to be pulling out, pulling funding out of the w.h.o. and otherwise kind of retrenching from international organizations, we're not going to be able to do this bilaterally. we're not even going to be able to do this kind of thing with the coalition of the willing.

we need to be very much engaged in these international organizations whose charter is to deal with some of these global south problems. and we're not doing a very good job of keeping good relations there. again, you get a sense of the secretary of state whose only job it seems is to perform for the president, to show the president that he's a close member of the team. and there are positions that the president simply has no concept that might be coming down the pike, such as what you're talking about. >> ambassador chris hill, admiral that, thank you as well. still ahead, we're going live to cnbc for a look at what's driving the day on wall street. as we go to the break, some of the good being done, 99-year-old world war ii veteran tim moore has raised almost $3 billion

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in what is now being referred to as the great lockdown, the current financial crisis is expected to be worse than that of the great recession of 2008. and the great depression. gre e depression of 2008. what more can you tell us about these new projections from the imf? >> great to see you too. these numbers from the imf are pretty dire. in their base case scenario, they expect global gdp to retract this year. but the key here is this assumes that the pandemic threat fades in the second half of this year. if it doesn't, then their outlook becomes a lot more grim. if we experience a longer outbreak this year and then a resurgence in 2021, then we're look at a global outputting even worse by 8%.

8% below the 2021 base case forecast. now, one part of the economy that has been very hard hit by the coronavirus is the airline sector. and we are seeing some relief there. several u.s. airlines have reached agreements with the treasury department for billions of dollars in relief in government grants that are aimed at cushioning the blow of the coronavirus on the airline industry. so this is the $25 billion in payroll grants that were agreed by congress just a couple of weeks ago. american, delta, united, southwest, spirit, they are just a number of the airlines that have -- move forward to access this lending. back to you. >> jewlet's talk quickly about stimulus checks. americans have been wait for the stimulus checks but now there's possibly another delay because of a new treasury department request. tell us what that is. >> well, the majority of americans will be receiving this funding via direct deposit, but those who are going to receive paper checks will receive a

check with president donald j. trump's name printed on them. "the washington post" who initially broke this story said this was causing delays in sending out the checks. the treasury department has refuted that claim saying it has not delayed the process, they are set to go out as planned. and that has sparked some criticism among president trump's critics suggesting that this move is aimed at the campaign as we head into november 2020, the fact that his name will be on these relief checks when, in fact, congress was the body that authorized them. back to you. >> at the end of the day, people just want checks in their bank accounts. julianna, thank you. great see you this morning. >> absolutely. up next, a look at axios's 1 big thing. and coming up on "morning joe," the u.s. experiences its deadliest day of the krierns pandemic to date. and while he's appeared to back off claims of total authority over the states, the president continues to resist the advice

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welcome back, everybody. joining us from washington with a look at axios a.m. axios markets editor dion. good morning to you. good to see you. what is axios' one big thing today? >> the one big thing is is that with global leadership on the line, the u.s. and china both fumble. >> so talk us through that when you're talking about global leadership on the line and both fumbling, is that because of the fact that you feel as if these leaders haven't necessarily led us appropriately or accurately through dealing with the crisis of this pandemic? >> yeah. those were to great words you used to describe it. the u.s. has tried step back from this global leadership role as trump's america first policy

has really swept the white house and the diplomacy on the u.s. side. and china has put a good step forward in putting out propaganda rather than helping. it's efforts to deploy supplies and do some nation building haven't gone very well because china's, again, attempted to portray this as something that came from the west and put some kind of, you know, different sorts of restrictions on its supplies. also some things that were made by suppliers haven't been ready or prepared and defective in certain areas. so in a number of different ways, both the u.s. and china had the opportunity to really step forward and help out the world and some of the poorer countries and they've missed an opportunity so far. >> so let's talk about this economic downturn, a possible

depression worse than we have seen ever, really, historically. what measures are in place to turn the economy back around? >> well, with the u.s. economy, obviously, we've got $2 trillion c.a.r.e.s. chakt wact which was by congress. they are providing trillions in funding, doing things they've never done before, things that folks say are beyond their mandate, pushing out trillions of dollars turning it into billions in loans for mainstream businesses as well as larger businesses, such as direct funding and buying up bonds and keeping the markets going. but on the world stage, that's where the people in some of these poorer countries that virus gets worse in places like africa, latin america, the middle east are going to need more of a stepped-up global-coordinated effort. and that's usually led on the part of the u.s. like i said, president trump and

the america first diplomacy style have pulled back from that. there's going to be much more to come out of this virus. and there are important issues that are going to be hit and don't have the capacity do a lot of the social distancing measures that have been advised. so we're really going to need to see a stepped-up, coordinated response that has not come right now from the g-20, from the g7, or from the u.s. or from china. and the imf has been pounding the table on this saying, guys, got to step up, got to do what's necessary. >> and what the trump administration's isolationist policy when it comes to that sort of thing i feel like it's going to be hard to see the u.s. at the lead with that. axe sos al axios reporting on college seniors. when you graduate college you're ready, you're willing, you're able and you want to launch into the job market. it seems as if now a lot of jobs are up in the air for a lot of

these graduating college seniors as a result of the outbreak. how is this going affect their if i tures a futures, and quite honestly, our futures long term? >> this is going to change things and folks who are graduating from college right now and who are going into college right now are going experience an economy unlike any that has probably ever been experienced in this country or any where in the world. because a lot of their internship programs are being canceled, being pushed back. a lot of the first-year programs, jobs being ufrd offer college graduates now being put off. about half folks who were set go to college are now seeing their classes pushed back. a lot of these internship that set folks up for learning opportunities or jobs that are going, you know, given them their first opportunity in the workforce are being put off. they're actually being told not to come to work,