and massachusetts senator ed markey will be voting on that bill. he will give us the latest developments with the senate legislation. >>> but we begin tonight as we always must with the numbers. as of today the united states has 53,441 cases of coronavirus and 693 reported deaths from the coronavirus, but there is good news tonight. the president of the united states is not in charge. now, that would be bad news in a pandemic if the president were anyone other than donald trump. so the good news is that the worst, most corrupt president in history is not in charge of what he referred to today as opening up the country. donald trump did not close down the country, and so donald trump cannot open up the country. if you're at home in america today and you didn't go to work it's because your employer told you to stay home or your governor ordered you to stay home. because your governors are in charge of what you can and cannot do in your states now, not the president of the united states, who has not closed a single business in the united states. donal

ed markey has been in congress for four years. of kennedy, one of the sons robert f.in his fourth term in congress. david: one thing we are watching closely is the presidential primary in the state of texas, which may will be in's -- in dispute. greg: you have a lot of action going on in texas, six republican members of congress retiring, three of them from safely republican districts. and one of them you have president trump's former physician seeking to run. darrell issa, who we mentioned before, running in a different congressional district based in waco. you also have three open seats along the border, one in dallas, ft. worth and another in suburban, houston. republicans are trying to reclaim a couple of seats in the dallas area that they one from republicans in 2018. david: i don't want to virtue on the spot here, but given what you know right now, does the senate and house say republican or democratic and credit suisse? greg: one or both -- could it switch? greg: one or both good switch. republicans would need 20 seats to win back the house. it will be tough fo

joining us now is massachusetts senator ed markey. senator markey, if you want to -- excuse me, senator markey. here is senator schumer. >> is there objection? without objection. >> to respond to the president's criticism, sharp criticism from the senate majority leader. >> -- come out as a partisan scream, while i'm in my office with the president and secretary of treasury, the president's congressional liaison, getting things done. we democrats are trying to get things done, not making partisan speech after partisan speech. now, in the past 24 hours, we got word that a member of this chamber, senator paul, has tested positive for coronavirus. and the husband of another member, senator klobuchar, also tested positive. he's in the hospital. i want them to know, both of them, that the senate's thinking of them, praying for their speedy recovery. as we are for tens of thousands of american families who are confronting the same situation right now. whether you're afraid for a sick family member, an older relative in the hospital, or are

senator ed markey, thank you for joining me.now on "the beat" we have the shortest break in our whole hour. it's 30 seconds. when we come back, my special report with good news about what you can do. we're back in 30. in 30 >>> coronavirus outbreak has sparked many responses for containment and prevention. the u.s. already committing over $100 billion with more coming. but some of the most important measures you can take are simple and cheap, like washing your hands to prevent getting or spreading the virus in the first place. that's the top recommendation from the cdc. and lately we've been hearing about it a lot. >> wash your hands. that is the best thing that you can do. >> stay away from people and wash your hands. >> a really good recommendation is to wash your hands often. >> wash your hands frequently. >> soap and water, vigorously washing your hands for 20 seconds is what the american public needs to do. >> if you've touched anything, you go and wash your hands again. 20 seconds with soap. >> stay calm and wash your hand

massachusetts senator ed markey says amazon is not doing enough to address price gouging on its website. he wrote an open letter to jeff bezos saying amazon needs to clean up its third party margaret place. the face masks and hand sanitizers are far higher than the regular marketplace. it is about price gouging during times of emergency. the senator wants amazon to respond to his letter by march 18th. california outlaws price gouging when a state of emergency is declared. if you find instances of price gouging, here's how you can report to it amazon. you must have an amazon account. then you must sign in and click on customer service. either online or by telephone. you can report to it a customer service representative. they will then take to it a team mental who can investigate. the online marketplace etsy is also facing issues because of coronavirus fears. it has taken down all items mentioning coronavirus or covid-19. the company cites safety reasons. etsy is a platform you may know is for hand crafted vintage custom or unique products. lately the site has seen sellers putting up pro

senator ed markey of massachusetts urging amazon now to stop third party sellers for price gouging forsaid it would remove sellers who violate the policies. ebay completely banning sales for u.s. listings for hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes and masks. how much legal troubles could this cause for companies that don't tamp down their price g s gouging. joining me now is an adan abrame wears many hats. and the abc news chief legal analyst. his new book "john adams under fire, the founding father's fight for justice in the boston massacre murder trial." dan, i want to talk to you about coronavirus. but i have to say this about the book. this week was the 225th anniversary of the boston massacre. history apparently got it wrong. there's this iconic image, which we put it up on the screen from henry pelham, and you say that's not the way it actually went down. >> right. what actually happened years ago was not just british soldiers firing at columnists. it was much more complicated. columnists were throwing rocks. fights ensued. and the trial the subject of the book where john adams repre

massachusetts senator ed markey sent a letter to clearview a.i. on tuesday, demanding information about the company's database of billions of images scraped from facebook and other social media sites. senator markey wrote -- "the use of sophisticated facial recognition technology is concerning even in a democracy with strong civil liberties, but its export to certain foreign countries could enable mass surveillance and repression of minorities." in recent days, students at three dozen u.s. universities held protests against administrators' plans to use facial recognition on their campuses. cnn reports that trump's new personnel chief is distributing questionnaires t to potential political appointees to verify their loyalty to the president. as part of the trump litmus test, candidates must explain what part of trump's campaign "most appealed" to them. the campaign to identify and purge anti-trump staffers is being led by 29-year-old john mcentee, who trump recently appointed head of the presidential personnel office. before he was re-hired this ye