let's bring in my good friend chris jansing, she joins us live from outside that school in cleveland,otional piece there, just hearing what that student is saying and hearing from the educator saying these are his kids. you raised good points about what happens to these children because it's not just this year, it's going to have an impact on many years to come. >> reporter: that's the overriding concern, eamon. i mean, coronavirus is exacerbating every single disadvantaged kid in a lower socioeconomic community has. they're handing out laptops in hot spots here, even some things like shampoo. the average median income of a family in cleveland is just over $32,000 a year but that's even before so many people lost their jobs. you have a lot of others working in hospitals, the biggest employers here are the cleveland clinic and university hospitals which raises a whole other set of issues for their families, and so eric gordon and 60 other big city administrators have sent a letter to congress saying we need help. look, we understand why you're giving money to airlines and small busines

i'm chris jansing. thank you so much for watching. ack here at 6:00 tomorrow night eastern time. my great friend ali velshi picks up our coverage. hey, ali. >> thanks, chris. good evening. i'm ali velshi. you are watching msnbc. we're bringing you the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic. fatalities in the united states are now the highest in the world with a little more than 20,000 people dead. there are now more than half a million confirmed cases across the country and for the first time in american history, all 50 states are now under a major disaster declaration. in new york city or new york

nbc news senior national correspondent chris jansing takes a closer look at the effect coronavirus isg on one school system in cleveland. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: when you hear damion playing, you can feel his longing for a bigger life than the world around him. for a degree and a career in music therapy but now that dream is increasingly uncertain. >> feels like i have to grow up fast. >> reporter: how does that make you feel? >> it makes me feel kind of scared because i don't know if i'm ready to grow up yet. >> reporter: the 16-year-old starts his day not by practicing but by helping his little sister study. his family has had to move from his grandmother's house because she works in the covid unit of a local hospital. across the country, a generation of at risk and low income students like damian are facing the prospect of a lost school year. in cleveland, school ceo eric gordan knows the families have a lot of challenges. >> are they sad? you know, are they comfortable and safe? do they have proper care? do they have access to the internet? >> reporter: when schools closed in cleveland,

i'm chris jansing. more grim news at the epicenter of the pandemic, new york. we just learned the state's death toll is nearing 2,400. 432 new deaths reported today, up from yesterday's increase of 391. the state now has a total of more than 92,000 people infected. today, nearly the entire country is on some form of lockdown. about 82% of the u.s. with major states belatedly joining in just the last day. first florida, then georgia and mississippi. following pressure brought on by growing numbers of cases in all those states. georgia's governor said his decision was based on new information that really wasn't new at all. >> i think it's the reason i'm taking this action, just like i've continued to tell people i'm following the data and following the advice of dr. toomey. she and i both mentioned in our remarks that finding out this virus is now transmitting before people see signs. so what we've been telling people from directives from the cdc for weeks now that if you start feeling bad, stay home. tho

joining me now is our senior national correspondent chris jansing outside of an elementary school in eland, ohio. chris this is a really big concern that some kids might get left behind. >> the warnings are dire. the entire generation's future is at stake depending on the decisions made in school districts like this one. cleveland, the median income of a family is just over $32,000 a year. so make no mistake, coronavirus has exacerbated every single challenge that kids and lower associate yoe economic communities have. take a look. >> when you hear damon's playing, can you feel the longing for a bigger life than the world around him. for a degree and career in music therapy. but now that dream is increasingly uncertain. >> how does it make you feel? >> i don't know. it makes me feel kind of scared because i don't know if i'm ready to grow up yet. >> the 16-year-old starts his day not by practicing but by helping his little sister study. his family has had to move from the grandmother's house because she works in the covid-19 unit of a local hospital. across the country, a generation o

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i'm chris jansing and you're watching msnbc.begin this easter sunday with the latest on the pandemic that's forcing nearly all of us to celebrate the easter and passover weekend at home. away from family and friends. and the world health organization's essential envoy warns that this virus could linger until we have a vaccine. >> we're not so sure it will come in waves in the way that influenza does. we think it get going to be a virus that stalks the human race for quite a long time to come until we can all have a vaccine that will protect us.

i'm chris jansing. at this hour the cases of coronavirus just keep excelerating. 1 million. hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs, today in the u.s. we have more confusion and policy reversals in the fight against the pandemic. after weeks of saying no, the cdc is now expected to recommend that ame

i'm chris jansing. at this hour the cases of coronavirus just keep excelerating. now topping 1 million. hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs, today in the u.s. we have more confusion and policy reversals in the fight against the pandemic. after weeks of saying no, the cdc is now expected to recommend that americans in coronavirus hot spots wear cloth masks whenever they're out in public. but even that recommendation came immediately with an admonition from dr. deborah berx. one, masks are not a substitution and, number two, still not enough people are practicing social distancing. as a result, she says, we're not succeeding and we are not bending the curve. part of the problem may be the refusal of the president to establish national standards. even dr. fauci said, i don't understand why they're not doing that. at least ten state still have no statewide stay at home orders in place. all of those have republican governors and, as we saw with florida, the president is loathe to tell a gop governor what to do. where they are stay at home orders, some gover

i'm chris jansing. you're watching msnbc. at this hour, a somber reality here in the u.s.ading the world in the number of coronavirus related deaths, surpassing italy. this hour, 20,000 people, that have died of the virus. italy less.

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i'm chris jansing and you're watching msnbc. we begin this easter sunday with the latest on the pandemic that's forcing nearly all of us to celebrate the easter and passover weekend at home. away from family and friends. and the world health organization's essential envoy warns that this virus could linger until we have a vaccine. >> we're not so sure it will come in waves in the way that influenza does. we think it get going to be a virus that stalks the human race for quite a long time to come until we can all have a vaccine that will protect us. and that there will be small outbreaks that will emerge sporadically. >> stalks the human race. and as president trump is set to name his new opening our country task force, dr. anthony fauci says he could see a rolling reentry, maybe starting as soon as next month. dr. fauci also today made the stark acknowledgment if efforts to stop it in the u.s. were made sooner, we could have saved lives. here on msnbc last hour with reverend sharpton, fauci had new information on just how early

i'm chris jansing. thank you so much for watching. i'll see you back here at 6:00 tomorrow night eastern time. my great friend ali velshi picks up our coverage. hey, ali. >> thanks, chris. good evening. i'm ali velshi. you are watching msnbc. we're bringing you the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic. fatalities in the united states are now the highest in the world with a little more than 20,000 people dead. there are now more than half a million confirmed cases across the country and for the first time in american history, all 50 states are now under a major disaster declaration. in new york city or new york state, epicenter of the u.s. outbreak, more than 8,600 deaths and more than 180,000 confirmed cases. new york city mayor bill de blasio and the state's governor andrew cuomo today seemingly at odds over plans to close city schools for the remainder of the academic year. the mayor telling msnbc a short time ago he stands by his decisi decision. >> i have to do what i think is right to stop the coronavirus from holding this city

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the number -- >> good afternoon, i'm chris jansing. we are continuing to listen to the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, as the number of coronavirus cases in his state has risen to over 83,000 with the death toll topping 1,900. hearing him say who else has to die, his frustration with people who are not social distancing. it's for that reason he's decided to close new york city parks. playgrounds, actually, new york city playgrounds. this comes as americans are facing even more dramatic changes in the coming days and weeks with the brutal reality that if we don't change, the consequences are beyond dire. 100,000, 200,000 americans dying is the best case scenario. millions infected. even with social distancing measures in place. absolutely staggering. the u.n. secretary general calls it the greatest test the world has faced since the formation of the u.n. 75 years ago. complicating the effort is this number. the cdc now says as many as 25% of people infected with coronavirus may not show symptoms. that's an alarmingly high number bec

i'm chris jansing. we are waiting for president trump and the daily briefing on the coronavirus to start at any moment now. meantime, the president has been digging in his skmeels his ongoing feud with governors around the country over testing and other help from the federal government. the bipartisan frustration on full display today as governors pushed back against trump repeatedly blaming them for any problems they have with equipment or testing. the president arguing that states have everything they need. >> that's just delusional to be making statements like that. we have been fighting every day for ppe. and we have got some supplies now coming in. we have been fighting for testing. it's not -- it is not a straightforward test. we don't even have enough swabs believe it or not. >> i talk to governors on both sides of the aisle nearly every single day. to try to push this off as the governors have plenty of testing and they should just get to work on testing and somehow we aren't doing our job is ab