. hello, everyone. i'm alicia menendez. hope you're enjoying your memorial day weekend. thousands are using the holiday to get out and about. some are hitting the beach as more states relax their restrictions. but there are still concerns that the shift toward reopening could bring new outbreaks of the coronavirus. this memorial day weekend "the new york times" issued a memorial of its own and a stunning reminder of what is at stake. the "times" posting the names of 1,000 victims of covid-19 on the cover. a mere 1% of the nearly 100,000

americans of w.h.who have lost lives by the he couldn't. president trump, who is golfing at his virginia club holiday weekend tweeted this morning cases, numbers, and deaths are going down all over the country n. stark contrast, trump's own fda commissioner tweeted hours earlier, i remind everyone that the coronavirus is not yet contained and adds social distancing, hand washing and wearing masks protect us all. i'd like to bring in nbc's monica alba at the white house. has there been response from the white house regarding the fda seeming contrasting tweet. >> reporter: the white house would say the president's tweets as they so often do speak for themselves. optimism is not the case across the country. we are seeing deaths tick up, reaching almost that grim milestone of 100,000 deaths.

there are certainly hot spots still that are seeing emerging cases that have even concerned coronavirus task force response coordinator dr. deborah birx who on friday said the d.c. metro area is one of the places. that is noteworthy as the president trump hits the golf course for the second straight day, returning to one of his own trump-brand properties for the first time in almost 11 weeks. that's significant because he's trying to show americans that as he gets back to the activities he was doing before the pandemic became a national emergency, he wants others to take that note on this memorial day weekend. now, tomorrow he will be marking the occasion heading to arlington national ceremony and he'll be going to fort mchenry with the first lady. but definitely different views. and we also heard this morning from national security adviser robert o'brien who expects it will be safe enough to host a

g-7 meeting here in washington and at the white house one month from now. that's significant given, again, we don't know when washington when meet its peak, alicia. >> at the same time all of this happening, the trump campaign is flying keep america great banners on beaches over the weekend. that is strategy there. >> reporter: the re-election campaign trying to encourage americans to feel a sense of normalcy returning and all of that ahead of this re-election campaign they are waging five months from now to november. what's significant as we see the campaign continually echoing what the president is saying, which is that the cure cannot be worse than the disease. that is what they're trying to do at these crowded beaches where we've seen so many inches all day on msnbc of people not necessarily socially distancing, not necessarily wearing face coverings. but the campaign is hoping that as they look up at these people who are there on the beaches, they will see this message and that may animate some of his

supporters. he hopes houses of worship will be open soon maybe as soon as the coming days and weeks. but it's critical that as the president tried to run on a strong economy, which was in good shape before this pandemic really, really sent it tumbling, that that's something they're going to have to make an adjustment on in terms of making the case. the president says he may be able to bring the economy back to where it was, but there's no telling how long that could take or whether it would happen before the november election, alicia. >> there was another piece of news this morning, monica. white house economic adviser kevin haas set said unemployment in may could be north of 24%. he expects it to go down after june, possible double-digit jobless claims in november. what are you hearing? does that change the dynamics of another relief package? >> it's stark messages which we have heard for weeks from this white house that the numbers as bad as they were last month will

continue to get even higher into the summer and that we may not see auto return return or dip third quarter. those negotiations have stalled between the white house and capitol hill as they wanted last phase of relief to fully run out before they get to the next one. we've also seen all of the sticking points how much money would go to the states or emergency workers. lawmakers have been away from the hill because of the memorial day weekend. it's unclear exactly when they're going to be coming back to the table to continue negotiations, but there have been calls absolutely for another round and phase of relief, alicia. >> monica alba at the white house, thank you so much. breacheaches in new jersey reopened with restrictions in place to limit crowds and exposure. joining me now is nbc news reporter mora barrett in wildwood, new jersey. mora, war that challenges that small business owners in beach towns are dealing with this

holiday weekend? >> reporter: alicia, the number one is the lack of customers. people aren't coming down like they usually do for memorial day weekend. we saw record lows. and cape may county brings in $6.9 billion to the jersey shore communities every year, but keep in mind that's an abbreviated season. they have about 100 days to make that money. that's about $69 million a day. so obviously any day that's short, not getting the full impact of business is a big impact for these jersey shore towns. and then it trickles down and every single business plays into that number. when i spoke to anglo caman no, an owner of a pizza restaurant and seasonal rentals, he's anxious because this is the first time he's experienced a challenge like this in his nearly 40 years of business. take a listen to what he told about his anxiety this summer. >> yes, we're all concerned and worried that we don't want to

catch the virus. that's first and foremost, you know, biggest concern in the back of our minds. we're taking all the necessary precautions to prevent ourselves from coming close to this invisible killer. but, you know, it's really a daunting, you know, period of time in our lives, all of us, talking o other business people in my community, we all have, you know, similar stresses. we're having to face them that we never imagined facing in our lives or in the past. now it's a whole new adjustment. >> reporter: he said that he had to dip into his nest egg that he's been saving up for retirement in order to stay afloat this season. he didn't receive any of the loans they applied for ppp or businesses. many facing the same prospect. there is hope, though, with the anxiety of with flying, maybe

more people from the metro areas might come to the shore. >> what have you ever had from people in the real estate industry about what this is going to mean for them going into the summer? >> reporter: alicia, angelo rents out apartments and seasonal rentals. he saw 20 cancellations immediately as covid spiked. when i spoke to one realtor who manages 700 properties who saw those cancellations, a lot of people says customers were too nervous but owners who don't want to deal with the problems that could come from having the high turnover rate. however, though, with that fact about the jersey shore is drivable from new york, philadelphia, d.c., more people as they're nervous about flying, one realtor told me he's seeing the phone riddance off the hook looking for later rentals down the line in july or august or even the full month because people are realizing they're working remotely anyway, so why not do it from the beach?

>> all right, mora. thanks. virginia beach has also reopened for the holiday weekend, also with strict guidelines. city officials had to submit a fully developed plan for a safe reopening with approval from governor ralph northam. with me is nbc news news depasha very rum. >> there are a lot of rules going on here today. the weather isn't exactly great for enjoying the beach. you can see over here behind me there's a lot of folks who are out and are following the social distancing guidelines as well as the other rules that the virginia beach leaders here set up and got approved with from governor ralph northam in order to keep virginia beach open and starting that process this weekend. and some of the rules include, you know, keeping these parking garages at 50% capacity, no large coolers are allowed, no large group gatherings are allowed, no music is allowed

from these big audio speakers. it's not exactly your regular beach going adventure, but there's a lot of people walking around with their families today. not everyone wearing masks, i should point out, but still a good amount of people who are abiding by those rules as well. one of the other parts of the plan here put into place to make sure that everyone is safe and staying healthy is 100 beach ambassadors were hired as part of this process, folks at the entry points of the beach along this entire boardwalk here. they're telling people about the resumes, making sure that the guidelines are followed. if they see groups that are gathering that are too large, they're the people that are going out and breaking that group up. in addition to those beach amgsz, you also have people on this cleaning team wearing these neon shirts. they have cleaning equipment, towels, and they're going through wiping down railings, wiping down water fountains and all these areas that people might be touching. and so this whole process has been really well thought out in order to keep things as safe and

slow-moving as possible as virginia starts to reopen. alicia? >> depa, what are you hearing from visitors about how they're feeling about all these restrictions? >> reporter: alicia, that's a good question. there's actually quite a few people i spoke with who aren't from virginia. there's some out-of-towners who are coming through. we spoke to residents as well. some of them, you know, noticing that not everyone here is wearing masks. but take a listen to what they had to say. >> it's been pretty interesting. we were just walking down the boardwalk talking about it and trying to, like, everyone is behaving and you're not seeing a lot of masks, which was a little shocking. but everyone is respectful of everybody. >> our two families are staying together in a hotel. we're just keeping to each other. we're enjoying the beach accept for today. >> reporter: you can see how, you know, not wearing masks is a little bothersome for some

people, but it is interesting to point out, alicia, that among visitors that are coming, some are staying at hotels, some at time shares. a lot of people are staying together in their family units. they're not really going to restaurants even though some are open with their patios. it's opening up and they're seeing visitors come through, but that doesn't necessarily mean these people are going out and really taking advantage of the state slowly reopening. >> depa, thank you so much. widespread unrest in hong kong this sunday amid ongoing concern over china's crackdown on protesters. with me now is nbc news global correspondent tess at a arsenal la. what's behind the latest scenes of runnest. -- unrest? >> reporter: a lot of anger and defiance. that's what's behind the protests we saw today as people came out to the streets despite social distancing restrictions still in place. now, we saw tear gas thrown into

the crowd, some 200 arrests. they're on the street protesting china's new proposed security law which it says it is aimed at punishing threats to national security. but the people on the street say this is going to curb their rights and freedoms. they want to hang on on the one country two systems, they say this is freedom of expression in action. they're angry china is going to lose a legal mechanism to ram this all through and bypass the legislature altogether. many feels like it's the end of hong kong to them. the hong kong chief executive came out in support saying hong kong needs it for stability. the chinese foreign ministry saying we're not targeting rights and freedoms, we want our national security protected. china very angry at the western government's support for the opposition, specifically, particularly the united states

as secretary of state mike pompeo had issued strong words. and also there's a special relationship, an economic preferential treatment between the u.s. and hong kong that is at stake. and that hinges upon the autonomy of hong kong. the poll palpable feeling of fear, anger, and sadness feels like this is the beginning of a new wave of protests, alicia. >> tessa, thank you so much. up next, the latest in the biden campaign's veep stakes. plus, the debate over vote by mail and how access to the ballot could be shaped by which party is writing the rules.

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the biden camp didn't waste time jumping on what it saws an opportunity for contrast. ♪ >> with me now to discuss janel ross and mike memoli, nbc news correspondent. mike, you've seen that ad. how much of president trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic is going to be front and center in the biden campaign's argument as we lead up to november? >> well, alicia, inside the biden campaign there's no disagreement that the president's handling of the coronavirus and also of the economic fallout is the number

one issue on voters' minds in the campaign. they expect to continue to hit on that every single day. you see that in videos like this one that the campaign is putting out as their digital operations have really ramped up. you see that in the kinds of events the vice president has been doing. every single one of them he talks about three things. he talks about that the fact in january he wrote an op-ed putting the administration on notice about this coronavirus and expressing concern about the preparedness. in february he said what would be doing in china tat president trump was praising xi and his handling of it to insist the u.s. have more eyes and ears on the ground to understand what was at stake. i think the biggest thing that we're not seeing, though, of course, is the former vice president himself other than in these broadcasts that he does from home. one top biden aide says we're not going to be the campaign that puts people's lives at risk

for the sake of a photo op, a reference to the events we've seen president trump doing hitting battleground states, not technically campaign events, of course, but using that official pulpit that he has as the president to do this. the biden campaign says he will continue to abide by local ornsz a ordinances and stay inside his house. >> have they given you a sense of when they will re-evaluate and get him out there? >> for now depending on the delaware governor and his advice in terms of stay-at-home orders. it's interesting to note that the delaware stay-at-home guidance has specific restrictions on people over 60 years of age. of course joe biden is 77, so there's an extra burden there. we heard the secret service, all the staff that's around joe biden is wearing masks and gloves. he himself has shown the mask that he says he's wearing when he's not doing these televised events from home. >> janel, former vice president

biden spent the last 48 hours answering to his comments on black voters with charlamagne tha god. she was on earlier with joy reid. take a listen. >> what are people telling you that they want him to do? >> just some really major policy commitments for the black community, mainly in the form of economic justice so we can tip the scales on some of this wealthy inequality in america. i do hear a lot of people say we also want him to have a black woman running mate. i don't care for the lip service and the apologize is cool, but the best apologize y is a black agenda. >> you heard charlemagne lay out some points there. what else would a black agenda look like? >> i think that the idea that it would largely be focused on economic issues makes a lot of sense. it's certainly backed up by a lot of polling over the course of the primaries. there was a great deal of concern or emphasize for black

voters on a wide variety of economic issues that included the most basic, like unemployment, but as charlemagne mentioned, the issue of the wealth gap, which is tremendous. the most conservative estimates put the typical white family's wealth at ten times the typical black family's wealth. so this is a long-term but massive issue. i think in addition to that, there's a lot of concern about health care both, both access, equity, and quality. there's a lot of concern about that issue and black voters i spoke with before the coronavirus crisis began and there's very little reason to believe that would have changed or somehow been ameliorated by this crisis. >> mike, i do want to make sure that we get to the veep stakes. a lot of names in circulation. among them, amy klobuchar. and part of the argument coming from those who are pushing for amy klobuchar is that it is a way to harness the energy of the

midwest. do you have a sense of who is pushing in a narrative and the extent to which that is really being taken seriously inside of camp biden? >> yeah. certainly you see among those democrats who remembered that the path to the white house for donald trump involved states like michigan and wisconsin and pennsylvania. the need to win back obama trump voters is critical. there's an argument to be made that amy klobuchar could potentially do that. she has shown a significant electoral success in minnesota which, by the way, was the next closest state that almost was lost to donald trump. but it's really important to put this into perspective. my reporting on where the veep stakes process in the campaign is at this point, right now the biden campaign is modeling what obama's campaign did in 2008. at this point they've cast a fairly wide net. they've reached out to most of the democratic governors, senators, and a number of prominent congresswomen and

other big city mayors, for instance, to sort of gage who is willing to go through this process. what they haven't done just yet is have some of those deeper interviews, a fuller vetting, look at the backgrounds and to have the former vice president, of course, spend whatever time he can to really gain that familiarity level that's so important to him. but certainly amy klobuchar is someone who was already vetted over the course of the campaign and surprised a lot of folks during the course of that campaign, did better than expected. she's certainly going to be in that final group the former vice president considers now. >> all right, janel and mike, thank you both. up next, wearing a mask or not wearing one has become a political statement for some people. we'll talk about how the public health practice has become part of the partisan divide. playgrounds. all those places out there are now in here. that's why we're still offering fast, free two day shipping on thousands of items. even the big stuff.

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wearing a mask in the midst of a pandemic or the refusal to do so is the latest battle in america's ongoing cult wars.

republican governor mike dewine spoke about it on "meet the press." >> this is not about politics, whether you're liberal or conservative, left or right, republican, democrat. we wear the mask and it's been very clear what the studies have shown. you wear the mask not to protect yourself so much as to protect others. >> i'd like to bring in white house reporter for axios and michelle goldberg, "new york times" columnist. michelle, how did we get to the point where wearing a mask or not wearing a mask was a symbol of one's politics? >> i think as we have a president who has politicized every aspect of this pandemic and has taken what was a national consensus at one point, or at least a pretty broad national consensus about following the lockdown orders, following social distancing guidelines, wearing masks, and tried to polarize the country as a distraction from his own

calamitous mismanagement of this because he himself acts as of wearing a mask in public is a humiliation. it's no surprise that his followers will take that from him. there's a whole kind of right-wing ecosystem devoted to minimizing the scope of this pandemic, acting as if it's been exaggerated simply to hurt the president's approval rating. and so, again, it's not surprising that people take that seriously. >> elena, at the same time you heard that sound from governor mike dewine saying that this shouldn't be a partisan issue, this shouldn't be a political issue. and this week we also had north dakota governor dougberg ham saying this. take a listen. >> if someone is wearing a mask, they're not doing it to represent what politicize party they're in or what candidates they support. they might be doing it because they have a 5-year-old child who's been going through cancer treatments. they might have -- vulnerable

adults in their life who are currently having covid. if someone wants to wear a mask, there should be no mask shaming. you should say that person is wearing a mask because for them there's additional risk in their life. >> an emotional plea. what does it say that you have republican governors taking a very different stance on this than the president? >> well, i think that they're exactly right guy. this isn't a partisan issue. to see it become politicized is very alarming. i think we saw that very powerful tribute today in "the new york times" showcasing 100,000 deaths in america, only 1%, 1,000 on their front page. it's scary. it's a very real thing. the virus isn't over and we should be listening to public health experts right now. i sympathize with a lot of americans. there's been some confusion in some of the responses from our government leaders, from

different governors and from the president and the white house itself. but at the end of the day, public health experts are saying we have a long way to go. you need to stay safe and socially distance and wear these masks, and those are the people we need to be listening to so that we don't have more deaths and we can prevent the spread as much as possible. >> michelle, so much of this is about what happens behind the scenes and then so much of this is about signaling. what do you make of the fact that america is approaching 100,000 deaths and you have the president golfing? >> i think the president has sent a signal from the beginning, that this is not as series everybody who kind of follows the science or simply has a sense of the human scale of this loss knows it to be. i mean, it's astonishing that he really had to be pressured and nudged even to just lowering the flag to half-mast to honor

100,000 people. you know, there's been some reporting that he plans to start disputing these figures, to start insist that go they're not as high as they have been reported when, in fact, most experts believe that they're higher. this is a president who is incapable of even miming empathy, who kind of only sees this mass illness and mass death through the prism of what it means for his fortunes and how he's perceived. >> elena, you have masks as one partisan dividing line. and then you also have the president tweeting today that the united states cannot have all mail-in ballots. he says it will be the greatest rigged election in history because people cheat. is this going to become a thread of this campaign that as we approach november and as there is a very real chance that election officials across the country are going to have to

reimagine new ways for people to vote, that you're going to have the president of the united states undermining those efforts? >> i have no doubt, alicia, that this will be a continuing theme from the president and his campaign. i think that this is something i know from speaking from people from the white house that the president is virtually -- he believes these are unsubstantiated beliefs. he believes that is something that democrats feel if you have vote may mail, that democrats have a leg up or there's fraud, something that's not proven, but something he's definitely preoccupied with. as this becomes a much more bigger possibility as we head to november that people are going to be trying to vote by mail more, vote through absentee because of the virus. it's going to be something that the president continues to say. so it's something to definitely watch for. and i think that there's no

answer yet. i know he threatened to withhold funding from michigan and nevada that have said they want to expand absentee voting. no idea whether that's actually going to happen yet, but it's something definitely to keep an eye on. >> all right, elena and michelle, thank you both so much. up next, the epicenter of the pandemic is shifting. we'll explain why south america is being hit hard by the virus. muslims are preparing for one of the biggest holidays of the year. we'll show you how the community is working to keep everyone safe for eid. safe for eid. flonase sensimist. nothing stronger. nothing gentler. nothing lasts longer. flonase sensimist. 24 hour non-drowsy allergy relief

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. as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic, south america has become a new epicenter for the disease. brazil, now, has the second highest number of confirmed cases with over 347,000 infections and more than 22,000 deaths. however, brazil still trails far behind the u.s. coronavirus numbers which currently stand at over 1.6 million confirmed cases and over 97,000 deaths. nbc's bill neely is following the story on the ground in rio de janeiro. >> reporter: coronavirus is now killing in some of the most remote places on earth. deep in brazil's amazon jungle , this tribe hoped isolation would keep them safe. it didn't. from jungle to inner city, brazil is buckling. the transmission rate now higher here than anywhere. brazil has more than a third of

a million cases, 20,000 new cases a day. more than 21,000 people have died, around 1,000 now every day. >> brazil has had more deaths in the last five days than china has reported in its entire epidemic. >> in rio de janeiro this afternoon, another victim. but there's so little testing, doctors believe the true number of cases could be 15 times higher than the official figure. >> i think it's possible. i think it's possible. >> reporter: 15 times higher? >> yes, because many people, they are not symptomatic. >> reporter: brazil now the new global hot spot. >> south america has become a new epicenter for the disease. but certainly the most affected is brazil at this point. >> reporter: at least 30 million people in brazil live in slums where social distancing and hand washing aren't common. but coronavirus is. a field hospital has been built in the middle of this slum where dozens have died.

another sits next to brazil's biggest soccer stadium in rio. and rio's famous copacabana beach, you've never seen it like this. empty by order. tens of thousands have crowded here, so authorities closed it and police enforced the exclusion zone. the eyes of the world now on brazil for all the wrong reasons. bill neely, nbc news, rio de janeiro. >> thank you, bill. one of the biggest holy festivals in the world looks very different this weekend. after a month of fasting while observing ramadan, eid is a muslim holiday filled with large gatherings of friends, family, and feasts. but with the threat of covid-19, many muslim countries are enforcing stricter lockdowns and curfews as they see a surge of coronavirus cases in recent days. nbc's amon o ghana has more from

london. >> reporter: this year's eid will be like one we've never seen before. normally this is a moment of celebration, of people coming together to share meals with their friends and family, off gift giving, of large gatherings. but these are not normal times. due to the pandemic, mosques are closed, festivities are canceled, and many of the world's 1.8 billion muslims are living under lockdown. authorities across muslim-majority states are putting in place restrictions over the holiday to stop the spread of coronavirus. saudi arabia is implementing a nationwide round-the-clock curfew for five days. egypt is extending its curfew times and halting public transplant. jordan, turkey, and iraq are imposing similar lockdowns. but pakistan interestingly enough is easing social restrictions. they've reopened markets and malls and they've been busy with people with little sign of social distancing or people wearing masks. now, that kind of behavior will get you in trouble in qatar that is enforcing strict penalties

who break lockdown rules with jail sentences up to three years and fines of almost $55,000. but why are so many restrictions in place over eid this year? we spoke to an american islamic scholar as to why they're vulnerable. >> our worship as muslims is already unique in how close we are to each other just from a state department of physical proximity, the way we pray shoulder to shoulder. one of the things that happens at least in our big old texas area is everyone walks up to each other and you're hugging everybody, right? you're making it a point to greet everyone around you. so the physical proximity , that closeness that we experience in eid is unique in that sense. >> reporter: president trump has said houses of worship are essential, so moussques may be open. but here in london it will be empty. but it's not all doom and gloom.

some muslims we've spoken to said, in fact, lockdown measures are strengthened their connection to their faith and allowed them to spend more time with loved ones at home. with every state now in some phase of reopening, many americans could soon return to office jobs that may look a lot different. some larger companies such as twitter are allowing their employees to work from home or anywhere forever. other companies are working to adhere to social distancing guidelines to protect workers when they return. but what will that look like? nbc's jo ling kent is exploring the office of the future. >> reporter: after months of staying at home, all 50 states have officially begun reopening for business. with that, millions of workers wondering what the office is going to look like. some will never go back. twitter and facebook announcing they'll allow employees to work remotely forever if they want. but for those of us who must go

back to a physical work space, the bully far from business as usual. do you think we're ever going to see the traditional five-day work week again? >> not from the data we're getting. we just completed a survey of about 3,000 people and 77% of them that are working at home now say they want to continue in the future and they want to do it two to three days a week. >> reporter: curb man and wakefield, one of the country's biggest commercial real estate companies is planning to rotate just 25% of employees into the office at a time once each state gives them the green light. so how are they going to sit? >> so in this six pack here, there will be an employee sitting here, in the middle on this side, and then an employee sitting diagonally across from that person. >> reporter: their plan is called the six feet office, along with more sanitizing and deep cleaning, they will walk clockwise to minimize traffic jabs and congregating.

they're adding colored arrows and offering disposable place mats to cover desks. >> reporter: what's going to happen with the traditional conference room? >> the conference room, i think, seats about 30 people. so it's a sizable board room. the plans that we have established for a return to work is we have no more than six people in that board room at any time. >> six? >> six. >> reporter: that's 20%. >> it's 20%. and we would enter one direction and exit another, clockwise, every time, every time. >> reporter: every part of the office is going to look different, especially common areas like this. no more sitting directly to your colleague. you have to be six feet apart in every direction. but all this distance certainly takes away from the intangible benefits of being at the office. >> if you are a young associate at curbman and wakefield, are you missing some of the mentorship? and the answer is yes. i do think we'll get back there. i think what we're talking about

hopefully a short-term or medium-term issue. >> reporter: until that happens, we might be getting more done from home. >> there are some downsides in terms of loneliness, not being with your colleagues and not feeling connected to your team. but on balance, it's less stressful. people who say when they're at the office they're losing 75 minutes a day to interruptions and at home they're losing 35. >> reporter: we might be evolving for the better in the process too. >> if we can move forward and people can remember gratitude, learn more flexibility, and be open minded to new possibilities that didn't exist before, then they will have not only survived covid, but they will come out of it better and stronger than they went in. >> reporter: better and stronger, perhaps the best two improvements the office of the future. >> jo ling kent, thank you. coming up, memorial day will look a little different at

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hallowed resting place for the tomb of the unknown soldier. 100 years later the corner stone removed and inside, a memorial box dating back to 11915, the year construction began. the con sservator witnessed the moment. >> there are a lot of things in there. the bible signed by thomas hastings is significant. he was a well known architect in his own time and still is. there's a copy of the constitution and a few amendments were missing. there was a silk flag in there with only 46 stars when the country had 48 states. >> reporter: these items encapsulated in time. giving way to gnaa new time cape that will be placed here. this year for the first time in

a century, members of the public will not be here during the memorial day ceremony. arlington national cemetery remains closed to the public due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. the building itself stands to honor those laid to rest here. >> it's where we really take the time to remember those, to have a quiet moment. to remember all the sacrifices that have been made for this country. i think in many ways it has become the heart and symbol of the cemetery. >> that wraps it up for this hour. my colleague joshua johnson has a panel of experts ready to answer your questions at the top of the hour. i'll be back at 4:00 p.m. eastern. i'll talk about the growing concerns over the trump administration's immigration policy during the pandemic. that's coming up in about an hour here on msnbc. out an hour here on msnbc i just love hitting the open road and telling people

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victims of covid-19 in chronological order from patricia dowd to delores medera. four pages, a thousands names in all, but this is only about 1% of the national death toll. now, a countdown is under way marking the days, maybe hours before this toll reaches 100,000 people. it kind of feels like a matter of time. we'll have more on this cover ahead and on why some of us are increasingly likely to end up on this list. first, the president is spending his memorial weekend sunday reenforcing his back to normal message. he hit the links for the second day in a row. monica alba joins us from the white house with the latest. monica, the president, i wonder if he's concerned about the optics of going to the