"the 11th hour" with brian williams begins now. >>> a rainy night in an empty times square. no tourists, nothing to look at. these are hunkering-down times in new york and elsewhere. well, good evening on this day 1,184 of the trump administration, which means effective tonight, there are now 200 days remaining until the

my friend and colleague from nbc brian williams is here. brian said he is coming because tonight has the elements he respects and an evening, cameras. [laughter] i'm not saying brian loves being egyptbut when he went to it was because he heard it was their pilot season. i have nothing but respect for my good friend brian. he landed in london to cover the royal wedding only to turn around and return to america to cover the tornadoes in alabama. he was incredibly brave and courageous and that is a direct quote from brian williams. [applause] tonight has grown past washington and hollywood's liberties are also here. jon hamm is here. celebritiesywood are here. jon hamm looks away all republicans think they look. [laughter] -- isalifianakis is a way also here. he looks away republicans think democrats like. [laughter] since we are talking about celebrities and reality stars we might as will talk about that 2012 republican candidates. look at the options the republicans are kicking around. huckabee, gingrich, trump. that is not sound like a fiel

. >> we're waiting for our colleague brian williams to interview dr. fauci. i wonder of the things you hear coming from dr. fauci and dr. birx about the measures the h d handwashing and social distancing, what would a new normal look like? the president's got his led foot on the gas pedal and seems hello bent on doing something to reopen this country in may? >> yeah, and so there's several things that need to take place and so i agree with you and what other people said, including dr. fauci, we're going to have a new normal. one of the key features is going to be that we need to really, really fund public health and just health agencies, they've been underfunded and if you look at the other countries that have been able to bounce back and sustain a healthier economy and community they actually have a stronger public health infrastructure. they started shutting down borders and physical distancing all of those measures really early on and the testing, we really do need widespread testing. and asymptomatic and symptomatic testing. that will give us the scope of

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i will be back here with brian williams in the 7:00 p.m.eastern hour tomorrow but don't go any write, chris hayes starts now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. as we enter yet another week of staying at home, the coronavirus pandemic has now taken the lives of nearly 42,000 americans. it's been over a month of social distancing. six weeks in some places and so it is extremely understandable and i say this as a personal expression of how i feel people are eager to get back to some kind of normal and there really is encouraging news out of new york where the one-day death toll fell below

actually brian williams had no idea what he was talking about.t the time he said that, the evidence indeed was accumulating. the wuhan what markets they are always cited, turns out it didn't even sell the variety of bats that carry covid-19. those bats were hundreds of miles away. a group of chinese researchers confirm this fact in january when they interviewed 59 people who worked in the market or shop there. that information is widely available. it was online when williams made what he calls his broadcast and issued the airy dismissal you just saw. he just didn't bother to read any of it. none of them did. tonight williams and all the robots like him owe you an apology. fox's special reporters from government sources with access to highly classified intelligence, informed people, believe this virus did in fact originate in the bio lab in wuhan. the first infected patient was likely a lab employee who accidentally contracted the virus and then spread it to the rest of the world. that wet market theory, it was just a cover. china push that story

brian williams is having technical difficulties. we hope to get to him later this hour. another week of uncertainty in this country, grofrnz have seen the worst gove seen the worst of this pandemic and are cautioning against returning to work too soon. the number is likely a lot

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brian williams here with you.et's get right to the facts as we know them at this hour. >>> the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in our country about to reach 1 million with the death toll now passing north of the 55,000 mark. actual numbers are far higher, as just over 1.5% of the american population has been tested so far. according to johns hopkins university, there are now over 3 million cases that we know of worldwide. the white house scheduled a briefing for today only to cancel it. then it announced the president will hold a news conference instead, about two hours from now, to talk about testing and other steps to reopen the economy. there were no briefings this past weekend, after the president questioned their usefulness. that followed the backlash over his remarks on injecting

so many had grappled with and had not quite wrestled to the ground jonah hill, ashton kutcher, brian williamsiful letter. we usually text but when someone writes a letter now -- [ laughter ] i don't know about you guys. i don't wanna speak -- but i freak out. i get scared first and i assume the worst. >> seth: anthrax >> anthrax exactly. [ laught ] but i read it. it was very well written it was incredibly concise. it was like, i'll see you here, or i'll cut off your [ bleep ] [ laughter ] and i -- and i didn't want to say goodbye to my [ bleep ] yet. so it was like - [ laughter ] so, here i was, and i tried to not watch the other versions of it i know it was easy, because we don't videotape table reads. >> seth: right >> so there was nothing to watch anyway >> seth: never been on tape. >> never been filmed and just a matter of diving in and saying the words written on the cue cards and not fake laughing in order to bring it home >> seth: yeah. fred, you and vanessa probably have the hardest part in the sketch because you played a couple who took quite a journey you had met jenjamin you seemed

over on nbc, famed journalist brian williams also refused to engage in journalism.her than spend 10 minutes learning about the subject and making up his own mind, william simply joined the herd of other dumb people mocking a story they didn't understand. >> cotton has been criticized by public health professionals for giving just a whiff of credibility there on television and on social media to a conspiracy theory going around that they coronavirus originated and was perhaps man-made inside a lab in china, perhaps even as a bio weapon, and was released either intentionally or unintentionally deployed. there is no evidence to support that. >> tucker: there is no evidence to support that. it sounds authoritative.po actually brian williams had no idea what he was talking about. at the time he said that, the evidence indeed was accumulating. the wuhan wet market they're always citing, turns out it didn't even sell the variety of bats that carry covid-19. those bats were hundreds of miles away. a group of chinese researchers confirmed this fact in january when they inter

with me is brian williams and we begin this 3:00 p.m.t the new and disturbing data that shows black americans disproportionately affected by this coronavirus pandemic. they are dying in far greater numbers. in the city of chicago the statistics are staggering. blacks make up 30% of the population there but over 50% of all covid cases and nearly 70% of all fatalities. mayor lori lightfoot says those numbers are unacceptable. >> those numbers take your breath away. when we talk about equity and inclusion, they're not just nice notions. they are an imperative that we must embrace as a city. we see this even more urgently when we look at these numbers and this disparity. it's unacceptable. no one should think that this is okay. >> the numbers indeed take your breath away but public health experts who spoke with "the new york times" say the disparities aren't difficult to explain. the result of economic inequality and a lack of access to proper health care has plagued communities of color for generations in this country. also in chicago, cook

brian williams here with you, about to be joined by nicole wallace. 3:00 p.m. in the east, 12:00 noon out west. let's get right to the facts as we know them at this hour. >> there are now over 1 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus in our united states, which means americans account for nearly one third of all the cases worldwide. and the death toll is on track to surpass the 58,000 americans who were killed during the entirety of the vietnam war. the actual numbers are likely to be well above those milestones, as only about 2% now of the u.s. population has been tested. president trump is about to speak about supporting small businesses through that paycheck protection program. you see the microphone ready. his remarks come one day after the emergency loan program reopen after receiving another $310 billion in new funding. a lot of business owners have complained of delays and other issues with the application process. the $349 billion originally allocated for the program was doled out in under two weeks. the navy blue angels and the air force thunderbir

brian williams here with you. let's now get to the facts at this hour as we know them. roughly 45,000 americans have now died from this coronavirus with nearly 810,000 confirmed cases nationwide. the actual number of cases is far higher, but remember we have tested only a little more than 1% of our population. today additionally we learned the first u.s. deaths from the coronavirus are believed to have happened before we originally thought. health officials in california say two people died from the virus on february 6th and february 17. we initially, of course, thought the first death in this country was recorded in washington state on february 29th. protesters descended on the virginia state capital in richmond to demand that state's economy be reopened. demonstrations took place as lawmakers held a special one-day session to discuss ways to deal with the fallout from this pandemic. new york is getting some help in its efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus. michael bloomberg is donating $10 million to develop a regional and contract tracing program to reach out to

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katy tur and brian williams pick up the coverage after this break. hold my pouch. trust us. ready to take things into our own hands. don't think so? hold my pouch. 450-degree oven, to box, to you, know that from our it's our policy that your pizza is never touched once it comes out of the oven. and we're taking extra steps, like no contact delivery, to ensure it. >>> good afternoon, brian williams and katy tur with you again as seems to be the case every day now as we were warned about this week. the effects of this global pandemic are worse than the day before. there are now over 450,000 confirmed cases of covid-19 in our country presently as always it's an imperfect number because we do not have widespread testing. so far we tested .6% of the u.s. population. nearly 16,000 lives have now been lost. and the epicenter, new york again saw its worst 24-hours to date. another 799 souls gone. today governor andrew cuomo spoke about the devastation his state has seen from what he

brian williams here with you.cts as we know them at this hour. 48,000 americans have now died from this coronavirus with the number of confirmed cases passing the 850,000 mark. a reminder, the actual numbers are far higher as only about 1.5% of the population has been tested so far. >>> the house is set to vote on a nearly half trillion dollar bill to replenish the small business loan program as well as more money for hospitals and for testing. the legislation expected to be approved, then sent over to the president for his signature. the vote comes hours after the labor department said more than 4 million americans filed first-time unemployment claims

brian williams back with katy tur and with you for the next 90 minutes.ur. there are now nearly 600,000 confirmed cases of covid-19 in the u.s. again, that number counts the roughly 0.9% of the population that's been tested. 25,000 lives have been lost. today, house speaker nancy pelosi announced democrats are working on an interim stimulus package, as well as a more robust so-called cares 2 package. it's not clear if senate republicans are willing to come to the table. in a new interview with the associated press, dr. anthony fauci said, quote, we're not there yet when it comes to reopening the u.s. economy. he called the may 1st target

with me this hour is brian williams. that major cities are gaining ground in the fight against coronavirus. that does not mean the danger is anywhere near over. first off to california where governor gavin newsom says his state is flattening the curve, crediting the stay-at-home orders. los angeles mandating residents wear masks. in hard-hit new york city, governor andrew cuomo says we need to stay vigilant. schools and non-essential businesses will be closed until at least april 29th. the fine for violating social distancing was raised to a minimum of $500. >> we are flattening the curve by what we are doing. if we stop what we're doing, you'll see that curve change. that curve is purely a function of what we do day in and day out. it's not a time to get complacent, to do anything different than what we've been doing. >> whether or not we are flattening the curve, the u.s. is still in a crisis, make no mistake. experts expect the rate of infection will continue to climb long after we have reached the peak of the outbrea

brian williams back with katy tur and with you for the next 90 minutes. here are the facts at this hour. there are now nearly 600,000 confirmed cases of covid-19 in the u.s. again, that number counts the roughly 0.9% of the population that's been tested. 25,000 lives have been lost. today, house speaker nancy pelosi announced democrats are working on an interim stimulus package, as well as a more robust so-called cares 2 package. it's not clear if senate republicans are willing to come to the table. in a new interview with the associated press, dr. anthony fauci said, quote, we're not there yet when it comes to reopening the u.s. economy. he called the may 1st target overly optimistic. today, governor andrew cuomo of new york also pushed back against the idea of reopening the economy too soon, despite thin lly veiled threats from th president on twitter. >> i look forward to working with the president in partnership and cooperation, but he has no fight here. i won't let it happen. and look, unless he suggested that we do something that would be reckless a

brian williams along with katy tur, part of our special coverage. if you're just joining us, here now the very latest across our country. there are over 350,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus nationwide. more than 10,000 people have died. in new york, the epicenter of this crisis, there are 130,000 confirmed cases. nearly 5,000 deaths in new york alone. things are expected to get worse from here, with dr. tony fauci warning the country is struggling to get a handle on this crisis. >> governor andrew cuomo warned today if new york had reached the apex of cases, it is a disturbingly high one. >> if we are plateauing, we are plateauing at a very high level, and there's tremendous stress on the health care system. we are at red line. people can't work any harder. the staff can't work any harder. and staying at this level is problematic. >> the governor also warned that the state is beyond capacity for ventilators, and it's not just new york. the hhs inspector general released a report today warning that there are equipment shortages at hospitals across

with me is brian williams. here are the facts this hour. there are over 600,000 confirmed cases of covid-19 in the u.s. 31,000 people have now died. but as we warn every single day, both of those numbers are likely a lot higher because only 1% of the population has been tested. globally reported cases of the virus have now topped two million. new york governor cuomo is ordering all new yorkers to wear a mask or other face covering when in public. social distancing is not possible. today he said failure to comply could result in a civil penalty. and this morning, dr. fauci warned that americans will need to be humble in their understanding of the virus. and while he believes that antibodies will p antibodies will prevent people from getting sick again, he still could not say that he knows that for sure. >> we don't have all the answers. the thing we don't know is that in general with virus that's we deal with all the time, when you develop an anti-body after infection, it almost invariably means you're protected. we don't absolutely know tha

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. >> good day, i'm brian williams. as we try periodically during this crisis to switch up our on air shifts, my friend and colleague and i will be here to bring you the next 90 minutes as we take a look at the very latest in this coronavirus crisis. public health officials warn this week will be the toughest we've seen yet. the surgeon general yesterday called this our pearl harbor moment. there are over 350,000 confirmed cases of covid-19 presently in the united states. an imprecise number because with he don't know how many people have it because we haven't been testing everyone. more than 10,000 souls have died. new york has been hit the hardest. there are 130,000 cases in the empire state alone, more than one-third of all the confirmed cases nationwide. yesterday we saw a drop in deaths here in new york. sorry, katie. this is going to be interesting. >> we're going to figure it out. yesterday we saw a one day drop in deaths here in new york. even as experts warn of the week ahead. governor andrew cuomo says the sta

brian williams with katy tur back with you. we were warned this week would be the deadliest of the pandemic by most of the forecasts. there's more evidence of that today, as the death toll from this coronavirus continues to grow across our country. overnight, another thousand lives lost to covid-19 in the u.s. we have officially crossed a threshold of 11,000 deaths from this virus and the u.s. fight to stop the spread of this potentiallily deadly disease pas appears to be far from its apex. here is the account of one physician working in alabama. >> the virus is now there. it's infiltrated the rural community. this is real. this is very nerve racking and scary for the staff we have limited staff in these rural areas. most of the reassure hospitals do not have an icu, they do not have a ventilator. and if they do have a ventilator, which will breathe for the patient, we don't have the staff to man the ventilators or the icu to keep the slated patient in the icu. >> well, the virus has spread across the country, the epicenter of

brian williams with katy tur back with you. we were warned this week would be the deadliest of the pandemic by most of the forecasts. there's more evidence of that today, as the death toll from this coronavirus continues to grow across our country. overnight, another thousand lives lost to covid-19 in the u.s. we have officially crossed a threshold of 11,000 deaths from this virus and the u.s. fight to stop the spread of this potentiallily deadly disease pas appears to be far from its apex. here is

did provide a little light at the end of the tunnel moment for us today when he said this to brian williams. >> i would hope that by november we would have things under such control that we can have a real degree of normality. that's my interest and my job as a public health person. >> as much as the president complains about distancing and stay-at-home orders, it is important to remember we're in the just following guidelines for our own health, but for the health of others. like jessica, a physician's assistant at ruth university medical center in chicago. jessica is on the front lines fighting coronavirus every day and she recorded this video diary about the importance of remaining at home. >> we know that social distancing is starting to have an effect and it is starting to work. we look at the doubling time of new cases and of deaths and this doubling time is increasing, which is good, but that is a reflection of the past one to three weeks of how we've been acting as a community. so please don't let this progress set you back and give you a false sense of security because we need soci

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i'm brian williams here. more than a month now after the very first statewide stay-at-home order went into effect in our country, some americans have had it. they're defying those orders and social distancing guidelines to express their anger. this is a live picture from phoenix, where a protest is underway near the arizona state capital. these have been mostly organized groups, latest in a series of demonstrations that have taken place over the past few days, getting a lot of attention, a lot of these protesters have been self-identified trump protesters. about one of them, the president -- about them, the president has said, i think they'll listen to me. they seem to like me. though they are protesting his administration guidelines. protesters also took to the streets today outside statehouses in pennsylvania, tennessee, and the state of maine. we'll have more on that in just a moment. but first, here are the latest facts, as we know them. over 400,000 americans have now died from the coronavirus with well

>>> stay right there for a special that's up right now hosted by brian williams and nicolle wallace called "testing and the road to reopening." among their guests, bill gates, governor andrew cuomo of new york. that starts right now. >>> with the country largely locked down and economic turmoil growing, the debate to reopen intensifies. >> things won't go back to truly normal until we have a vaccine that we've gotten out to the entire world. >> how is returning to work done safely without sparking a second wave of deaths? >> we need to test anybody and everybody. only then can we think about reopening the economy. >> tonight, the critical demand for coronavirus testing. >> every governor in america has been fighting to get tests since the beginning of this crisis. >> how much testing it will take to reopen the country? >> after you do the testing, states have a second big task. put together an army of tracers who then trace each person who tested positive. >> this is an msnbc special report "testing and the road to reopening." >>> well, good evening. brian williams here with you and nicoll

xfinity mobile. >>> brian williams and nicolle wallace back with you. of the hour into who is normally "the 11th hour" broadcast, we're continuing our special coverage of the critical roles that testing and contact tracing will play in what is called reopening our country eventually. a number of states are eager to reopen amid troubling unemployment news. tomorrow the state of georgia will begin opening some businesses even though experts have warned it's too early and even though the president publicly broke with georgia's governor just a few hours ago. meanwhile, other states are taking things, as they must, much slower. >> this hour we'll hear from new york governor andrew cuomo, whose state is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak here in the u.s. new york just released the results of an antibody testing study today. we'll also have much more from our exclusive interview with microsoft co-founder bill gates. he responds to the conspiracy theory that blames him for the entire pandemic. but first here are his thoughts on where things stand. >> my

with me as always is brian williams. brian? >> katy, thanks. we want to start with the sharp escalation of words between the president and the governor of new york. on twitter, the president criticized cuomo saying he should "spend less time complaining. you may not have seen cuomo's response because it came during the question and answer portion of his briefing earlier. we prepared for you now a large part of what he had to say. >> he said 11 times i don't want to get involved in testing. it's too complicated. it's too hard. i know it's too complicated and it's too hard. that's why we need you to help. i can't do an international supply chain. he wants to say well, i did enough. yeah, none of us have done enough. we haven't. because it's no over. so, yes, thank you for the javits and the u.s. navy ship comfort. it's not over. we have a lot more to do. and no one can take the posture well just say thank you for what i've done and i'm now out. i'm not doing anything else. i've done my part. what if i said to the people of my state, okay. i'm don

brian williams here with you. nicolle wallace along momentarily. 3:00 p.m.east, 12 noon out west. let's get you caught up now on the facts as we know them at this hour. >>> there are now roughly 1,050,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in our country. the death toll now stands at over 61,000. the actual numbers of course are far higher as less than 2% of americans have been tested so far. the government reported today nearly 4 million more americans filed for first-time claims for unemployment last week. that means over 30 million people that we know of, nearly one out of every five people in the u.s. workforce have now filed for unemployment since the lockdowns began around mid march. >>> new york city police officers and firefighters saluted the u.s. navy vessel "comfort" as it left to return to its home base in norfolk, virginia. the ship arrived on march 30th to help care for patients without coronavirus but was converted over to accepting covid patients and treated a total of 182 patients. the pentagon says the ship will be restocked, ready for anot

. >>> good afternoon, i'm katy tur and with me again is brian williams. brian? >> indeed, with an economy in crisis and an election months away, president trump pushing to re-open the country for business and soon. at this hour the administration conducting a call with governors of all 50 states, and in an effort to convince those leaders to get their states back in business, the white house is exploring ways of dramatically increasing coronavirus testing in the u.s. the president's aids are scrambling to put measures in place that might make it feasible for him to meet his goal of re-opening the economy in parts of the country by may 1 or, as he indicated yesterday, even earlier. in his briefing today, new york governor andrew cuomo signalled new york will not be part of that plan. >> the new york pause policies, the close-down policies, will be extended in coordination with other states to may 15th. i don't want to project beyond that period. no political decisions, no emotional decisions. data and science, we're talking about human lives here. >> we have repo

brian williams trama surgeon and codirector of the surgical icu at university of chicago. doctor, it's a pleasure to have you on. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> you're in my former city of chicago. the deaths among african-americans startling. milwaukee and new orleans, louisiana where i'm from. struggling with the same issue. what are you seeing where you are? >> well here in chicago as you mention, we had a report that 70% of the deaths from covid-19 are african-american patients. and right now we are at the university of chicago we still have capacity. we have beds and ventilators. so we're working with the state and the city to prepare for that surge. i worked at the public hospital in atlanta and dallas. so it was not a surprise to me although it's distressing to learn how devastating this virus has been to black americans. >> having said that, i want you to listen to what the president said at the briefing tonight about african-american victims getting hit hard by the virus. >> we're trying to find out why it is it's three and four times. maybe it

brian williams alongside electronically at least katy tur once again. katy? >> and brian, the stock market dipped this morning following another day of devastating unemployment numbers. more than five million americans filed jobless claims last week. bringing the four week total to roughly 22 million. that wipes out nearly all of the jobs created from february 2010 to february 2020. virtually all the gains since the great recession now gone. today the small business administration announced the pay tecti check protection program ran out of money. they approved $349 billion, over 1.6 million loans. the equivalent of what would normally be 14 years worth of cash lent in just 14 days. but with more than 30 million small businesses across the country untold numbers are now left in the dark. let's get right to our reporters covering the health of the economy and what in the world comes next, let's begin in california with nbc news correspondent joe kent. she's outside an unemployment office near los angeles. so, jo, the numbers are giant. but then again, there are

with that, i'm going pass the baton to my friend and colleague brian williams. brian, i believe the baton is yourself. >> with that the analysis of kristen welker and chuck todd, that this is exactly what we've seen today on this very fraught day for the trump white house when the president suddenly ups and disappears from the briefing room, vice president in tow. let's bring in ben collins. he covers disinformation and information and extremism and the internet for us at nbc news. his latest report is on facebook ads and conspiracy theorists have been pushing bleach consumption and uv rays as a cure for coronavirus. ben, you cover the wild west in effect. so tell us for how long this stuff has been kicking around and what your level of surprise was to hear it from the briefing room yesterday. >> yeah, i was surprised to hear it directly from the president's mouth, but the idea of ingesting bleach is not a new thing on the internet, especially on the fringes of the internet. in the last year it's taken off. there is this thing called miracle mineral solution that

brian williams along with katy tur. >> brian, a health professional tells nbc news that coronavirus testingould have to double even triple before this country could open safely. to put that into perspective, millions would have to be tested each day to reach just 8% of the population. according to covid tracking projection, an average of 1400,000 test a day were carried out over the past week nationwide. nowhere near we would need to be. in order to believe the administration could do better, you would need to ignore the warnings. president claimed that google would implement a website, that website launched, missing from it was any information on where you could be tested. when the white house announced widespread drive-through testing at major retailers, a month later, fewer than 20 of those sites are operated. tests have to step up their testing, a governor told nbc news everything the president has done has made testing more difficult for the states, there was testing available in february and he rejected it and called the virus spread a hoax. now he's looking for someone else to blame

brian williams with you. nicolle wallace will join us shortly. we begin with the latest facts as we know them at this hour. as of now, there are over 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the united states. almost 59,000 americans have died. the actual numbers are far higher because less than 2% of americans have been tested so far. there is promising news on the fight against coronavirus. gilead science and the national institutes of health say the results of trial say that patients given rem ems veer recovered quicker and left the hospital sooner than other patients. the nation's top infectious disease doctor says it's reason for hope. >> we think it's really opening the door to the fact that we now have the capability of treating, and i can guarantee you, as more people, more companies, more investigators get involved, it's going to get better and better. >>> president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner told fox news today he expects much of our country to be, quote, really rocking again by july. he's getting roundly cri

"the 11th hour" with brian williams begins now. >>> a rainy night in an empty times square. no tourists. good evening on this day 184 of the trump administration which means effective tonight, there are now 200 days remaining until the election. as for our current president a starting the day calling for liberation for three states observing his guidelines. he moved on to his briefing. in no order, he repeated what he has done for new york and repeated what he learned about the death toll in the civil war, he talked again about restaurant seating, how we had the greatest economy weeks ago, criticized obama, repeated the death toll projections if he had done nothing, he warned virginiaians the governors want to take their guns away. he said, quote, the federal government has a lot to say beyond what anybody understands about the illness tearing across our country side, he said, nobody can be blamed. there is no blame. he said. throwing shade on what is likely some combination of whina of the w.h.o. as he sees it. he said, quote, it could easily have been solved. probably very

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> good evening. day 1,169 of the trump administration, 215 days to go now until the presidential election. today's white house briefing featured a large cast of characters. at times the president and vice president apparently feeling that social distancing is something for them to ec are mend if not follow themselves. when the vice president is talki talking, it sure sounds like he's in charge. jared kushner sounded like he's in charge. ditto the admiral talking about the supply chain and sounding in charge. a number of the daily speakers make it a point to reference data perhaps because it is a huge problem right now. we still have no idea how many americans are walking around with this virus. the biggest message from the president today, the states should be handling this, as he put it, speaking on behalf of the federal government, we're a back up. he says the states should have had more equipment and ppe already on hand. he said they should have been on the open markets just buying before the pand

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts right now. >>> a desolate scene in chicago tonight just as it is in cities and towns across so much of our country. well, good evening once again. day 1,175 of this trump administration. 209 days to go until the presidential election. another record day across this country in all the bad ways. at today's white house briefing in what may be a continuation of a rather perverse lesson in adjusting expectations the president wanting always to show he acted early and decisively against the virus and was never a denier, said today if the death toll in this country is substantially under 100,000 people, as he put it, we did a very good job. he said today he considers the country ahead of schedule. he says he wants to reopen the country with a big bang. and right before leaving the stage he said we're really in great shape. he left the briefing room. mike pence started the talk about the grim week we are witnessing here in these united states. the number of confirmed cases worldwide now at a million and a half. in this country nearly 15,000 people ha