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>> sure. >> jonathan lemire tweeted this. the uk palace says heir to the thrown prince charles tests positive for coronavirus. bbc news also prince of wales 71 tests positive for coronavirus and has mild symptoms. go ahead and answer that and we'll follow this story. >> yeah. >> yeah, pretty remarkable, self-isolating in scotland really underscores the fact that this is something that obviously spares no one. i do think americans should be relieved that this deal came to be overnight. democrats had essentially said they were going to draw a line in the sand, they weren't going to let mitch mcconnell's procedural votes go forward while they demanded more money for hospitals, more money particularly i think the thing that people should focus the most on is the expansion of unemployment insurance. it's now going to be for four months. democrats consider that to be a big win. and for people at home, you know, that's a little bit of an extra cushion because i do think the underlying reality that we've all been talking about this m

jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press. and dr. ann rim oin back with us, professor of epidemiology at the ucla fielding school of public health. she runs the ucla center for global and immigrant health where she specializes in emerging infectious diseases. but, susan, i have to begin with you. let's talk about the norms being rewritten in real time. the standards of decorum and behavior. tonight the president savaged the governor of michigan on twitter. he admitted today in front of cameras he tells mike pence not to call back certain governors, but mike's too nice and does it anyway. here we are at the end of this week. we have a pandemic. you and i are now part owners of a $2 trillion rescue bill, and the financial markets are upside down. if you could, sum it up for us. >> yeah. it's really remarkable. the biggest crisis our country has faced, certainly since 9/11, maybe well before that. and at a time where, you know, americans i think want to come together, we see enormous acts of grace around the country. but they're hungry

borio, jonathan lemire.mulations the ddhs ran last year, the trump administration last year ran that played out an outbreak of a respiratory virus that began via in china, traveled around the world and ended up in the united states, killing in their estimation almost 600,000 people. these sort of tabletop recognizes are relatively common. it seems obvious to all of us watching stowed the trump administration did not learn the needed lessons from those. how much valuable time was lost then? and going forward what sort of steps -- sadly, this is not going to be the only pandemic we see. there's even, doctors say, a reasonable chance coronavirus springs back to live with a vengeance this fall. what other preparations do they need to take once this immediate crisis dies down? >> i know about tabletop exercises that we know pandemics are a threat since at least 1918. this has been a recurring theme in every administration. we had our own pandemic in 2009, which posed significant challenges. we're very lucky becau

it is rasualable, jonathan lemire. go to jonathan a second. on "homeland" a couple years ago they predicted the rise of isis and the paris bombing and they are in the middle of this season, of course, where the united states, where saul is trying to strike a peace deal with the taliban that the afghanistan government doesn't want to be a part of. i would say from the headlines, ripped from the headlines, as always, "homeland" is about six months ahead of reality and exactly what's going on here? >> as if they peered into the future, in terms of the peace talks at doha, the afghan government's reluctance to release prisoners and no spoilers, let's hope what happened last night episode of "homeland" does not happen here, it certainly took a pretty stunning turn. but, richard, talk about the real peace deal and set aside saul, although he would be perhaps an upgrade to the national security adviser position, in terms where things stand. in particular, there seems to be a few road blocks already. right? the prisoner release. what else? where do yo

here with us in new york, jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press. good evening, gang. and welcome to you all. and, ashley, i'd like to begin with you. is there any degree of fear that you're picking up in the white house that the facts are going to supersede the plot line the president is giving the american people? is there any degree of surprise that with all this guy has survived and put behind him, to wake up every day, this is sitting in the middle of the road in front of him? >> well, there's certainly already a lot of internal infighting and finger pointing and recriminations. and one of the things that's notable is as you said, all this president has faced, a lot of these are crises of his own making. this is a little bit of self-sabotage. this is the rare crises from outside, from abroad, and there is a sense not necessarily in the white house, but certainly administration wide, that there was a period of several weeks from when we found out that there was this virus known as coronavirus in the wuhan province of china to when the president

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. >>> i'm joined now by jonathan lemire, reporter for associated press.nd professor of global health law at georgetown university. thanks to all of you for being with us. jo jonathan lemire, let me start with you. we heard a little there from the president. the vice-president spoke publicly today. tell us your sense of the approach taking shape from this administration when it comes to coronavirus. >> steve, first of all, chris mathews was an institution at msnbc for a long time. we wish him and his family well. in terms of the white house and the response to the virus, they're breathing a little easier today on one level. certainly there are two tracks here. firstly, most importantly the public health crisis. that, of course, is a concern. we see the growing number of cases in the washington state. there is a concerted effort by this white house to have a more consistent sober, somber approach. we are seeing the briefings from the vice-president today. vice-president said we should have an expectation they will be frequent, perhaps on a daily base as the

the numbers are enormous. >> it's jonathan lemire.ssential business right now. the white house is very opposed to that. we heard treasure secretary mnuchin say there's some talk of perhaps reducing hours but he didn't want to close the markets for fears of what message that would send. what's your take on that? should the markets close for a few days? would that steady things and let everybody cool off? >> i don't think closing markets steadies things. it reinforces the feeling of panic. closing down financial systems -- what we have right now, the reason everybody is in a panic is we have a total lack of understanding of how far this could go and the world economy is literally shutting down, and we don't know for how long, and we don't know when or when it does emerge from this, whether it will happen again. one of the striking things we're learning as we find out more about this virus and the latest modeling that's done suggests that, yes, you can suppress infection rates if you shut down the entire society, but probably, because it

white house reporter for the associated press jonathan lemire.ica" at vanderbilt university professor, john meachem an nbc news and msnbc news contributor. the coronavirus has entered a devastating phase as the world health organization declares it a global pandemic. there are now more than 126,000 cases across more than 100 countries and regions. the latest numbers from johns hopkins university ranks the united states eighth in terms of countries with the most confirmed cases. keep in mind we have a limit on testing. we learned this morning from officials in florida that a passenger with coronavirus arrived at palm beach international airport from new york's jfk airport last night. two sources tell nbc news that in a closed-door briefing the attending physician of congress told senate staffers yesterday that he expects 70 million to 150 million people in the u.s. will contract the virus. on wall street the dow plunged 1,400 points into a bear market. more on that in just a moment. last night president trump delivered a rare oval office address a

we'll get back to jonathan lemire in just a moment.irst let's bring in former harvard medical school professor and founder of the university's cancer and hiv/aids research departments, dr. william hazeltein, he returned from wuhan where he chaired the u.s./china health summit. thanks very much for joining us. looking at the numbers, especially in new york city, what is your concern as to where this is going, especially if businesses start to be reopened by the president of the united states? >> this is a serious situation. we have an epidemic which we still don't control. that's true in new york, and it's beginning to be true in other parts around the country. it's already been true in washington state. it's far too premature to consider reopening, not just in new york, but anywhere in the country. we need to see what's going to happen before. i ought to say something else. if you compare what we're doing here in the united states to what china has done to control its epidemic we are deficient, even in the most extreme case, which is n

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. >> here for our leadoff discussion on a monday night, jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press. dr. amesh adalja, an expert on emergency medicine and infectious diseases, a senior scholar with the center for health security at johns hopkins' bloomberg school of public health. and stephanie ruhle, veteran of the investment banking and business worlds, the house of our 9:00 a.m. hour on this network. she also happens to be our nbc news senior business correspondent. mr. lemire, because it's your beat, i'd like to begin with you. yesterday the president said the white house had tremendous control over this situation. today he admitted it's not under control. what changed? >> it was a remarkable shift in tone from the president today. he was far more somber and seemingly clear-eyed about this crisis and what needs to be done. now, let's be clear. there have been other moments where this president has adopted a more serious tone, and it was gone by the next morning's tweet. so we shouldn't suggest this is a permanent sea change from him, but it was very striking how

jonathan lemire, he said the same thing last night.t up there and said, it's completely under control. we've got it under control. walked off. then he had dr. fauci and everybody else up there, all of his scientists, all of his doctors, all of his health care experts, saying, no, in fact, this is not under control. this is going to get much worse. >> in a crisis, both the markets and citizens require consistency from their public officials. that's not what we're getting right now. the president is so out of step with the rest of his administration. he is consistently downplaying the severity of this, in an effort not to spook the markets. he's had the opposite effect. in his personal behavior, this week, we know last weekend at mar-a-lago he was exposed to two people who tested positive for the coronavirus. he stood next to at least one of them for a photograph. for most of the week, he refused to get tested. he would not do so. in fact, the white house doctor late, i believe, thursday night, put out a letter saying he didn't need to.

. >> i am joined by congressman shawn patrick maloney, jonathan lemire, reporter for the associated press answering the question lashed out at peter alexander when he asked vice president pence the same question, he responded directly, told the american people not to be scared. >> that's right. he said stay vigilant but don't be afraid, words to that effect, which is different message than the president gave. we've seen sort of a deterioration of the president's tone and approach as the week has gone on. but recall, some in the media praised his tone monday, tuesday, suggested he made a change, was taking things more seriously, more somber about how things had gone. and we have seen that slowly slip away. today, he was downright combative with the media. and it is one thing to spar with press, he does that often, that's part of his brand. it is different when he gives misinformation, where he is not giving the american public who are home, frightened what happens next. day to day routine completely up ended. when he is giving false information, false hope, dr. fauci had to direct him on p

>> jonathan lemire? be -- the briefing will return tomorrow. the president has been reluctant to give those up. at sunday it was supposed to belated at 4:30 and he asked aides to push it back later so it would be into prime time. but my question to you is simply, take us behind the scenes today beyond the town hall. do we have expectations of meetings? what sort of talks do we expect the president to have if he's going to take a further step to begin reopening the economy? >> so i think we have to look at the numbers. what was clear from yesterday, very abundantly clear is the president's instincts on this is to open up the economy and after these 15 days have a shorter period. i pressed him on that, he said certainly not months. we know where the president's instincts are and he thinks the costs of keeping things shut down are greater than opening them back up even if that means some infections. he appears to be willing to make that trade off. we don't know how much space the president preserved for him

with us, white house reporter for the "associated press," jonathan lemire. host of politics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. president of the council on foreign relations and author of the forthcoming book, "the world, a brief interjection," richard haas. editor at the "financial times," edward joins us this morning. we have fast-moving developments with the coronavirus. the number of cases are surging here in the u.s. from 230 cases on friday to at least 546 cases this morning. the virus is now in 34 states and the district of columbia, which reported its first case this week end. the death roll toll is 22. anxiety has hit congress. senator ted cruz and congressman paul gore have self-quarantined after coming in contact with someone who tested positive at cpac, the popular south by southwest festival, which brings millions, hundreds of millions -- >> $400 million. >> -- into the local economy in austin texas. it's been canceled. one of the world's top tennis tournaments in indian wells in southern california has als

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let's bring in white house reporter for the associated press for more on this, jonathan lemire. jonathan? >> good morning, mika and joe. the president is down right gleeful about mike bloomberg falling so short, pardon the pun, not to reference his mini mike jokes yesterday. the president has been fixated on bloomberg, he has told people around him one of his favorite moments of the year was how poorly bloomberg did in that first debate and there is a sense around here that plume berg perhaps will not be long for the race. yes, the fixation -- the primary focus for this president has been joe biden all along. let's remember donald trump got impeached trying to damage the political fortunes of joe biden. he's always seen the former vice president as the biggest threat to him, the white working class voters who backed perhaps barack obama in 2008 and 2012 but switched to donald trump in 2016. this president feels that biden is the biggest threat among the democrats to sort of steal them back. so that is something they are watching with some concern the biden come back, although the

. >> and jonathan lemire, it seems to be taking on different characteristics than it even took on in china or europe. younger people are dying in the united states. that's something that dr. birx and dr. fauci are still trying to figure out. still can't exactly figure out transmission exactly how it's done. there are though some positive signs. "new york times" reported yesterday about all the shipments that were coming in, going to start coming in from china and around the world, medical supplies. you had this weekend the head of emergency at columbia in new york saying that they look like they may be starting, at least in that hospital, to turn the corner when it comes to masks and gloves and gowns. just one week after the "new york post" showed pictures of people wearing trash bags. you had, again, the president listening to science, following science yesterday, instead of those economic advisers that were saying, open the country back up. can you tell us -- we started to see a suggestion of this on friday in his press conference, when he said he was going to be talking to his doc

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. >>> joining the conversation here, associated press white house reporter jonathan lemire, my friend, emergency physician and public health physician dr. lena nguyen and former rnc spokesperson tim miller in northern california where the lockdown we just talked about is taking place, plus "new york times" economic savant. dr. nguyen, let's stay focused on the most urgent elements of this story and those continue to be the concerns about whether or not we have the capacity to handle what is about to come in terms of equipment, in terms of hospital beds, in terms of icu units, not just in places like new york and california, but particularly in those places. tell us what you're seeing right now in terms of that question and what you're hearing in the naked kind of alarm on the part of people like governor cuomo that we're not, in fact, ready. >> we are not ready. our projections have shown we were ready for a mild outbreak, but not a moderate outbreak. in looking at the numbers from china, from italy, it does look bleak. it looks like we're headed towards this rapid escalation phase wh

. >> jonathan lemire, thank you, thank you for that moment of levity. dr. roy, thank you as well. big thanks to both of you. we've been talking a lot here on this particular broadcast about the risk that inmates across the country face as coronavirus spreads. now there's one group that's not just talking about it. this group is teaming up with community bail funds to get some inmates out of jail. i want to bring in karen kennedy, the president of robert f. kennedy human rights. thank you so much for your time this morning. first of all, who are you trying to free? what dangers do they face if they are released? >> so we are working with bail funds across the country in ten different cities. we have bailed out over 200 people who are innocent until proven guilty, who are only in jail awaiting trial, only there because they don't have the financial resources to make bail. so these are people -- we've heard just from the doctor about the importance of social distancing. imagine how terrifying it would be if you were hauled off to jail because maybe you're late on paying $25 worth of

jonathan lemire is still here.reakups among people outside of politics that begins a domino falling, these are kind of figures that donald trump seems to cherish, people who are celebrities, people aren't from the world of politics where he always sort of sees himself as an outsider and this was a pretty high-profile, passionate break with this president over his handling of coronavirus as it now threatens new york city. >> absolutely, nicolle. what an influential figure mike francesca is in new york city. sports talk afternoon drive time. he was must listen every day in new york. he became a national figure. though he doesn't quite have the influence once he did, he represents -- he's someone who's been very loyal and supportive of the president and we are seeing throughout the mueller investigation and other trials and tribulations including impeachment, but this is different. for new yorkers, there's a of course the days after 9/11, when first of all at the time, rudy giuliani did step to the forefront and felt

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. >> let's bring in white house reporter for the associated press jonathan lemire.ith us. we're at an interesting point right now. the senate has just passed this bill. the president's trying to rush this country back into opening up. all of the data, all the science, all the assessments from people like governor andrew cuomo here in new york suggest that we are far away from the apex of this crisis right now. >> right, let's start with a fact check what the president's saying he doesn't do anything hastily or rash. i think we have three plus years of evidence to know that's not quite true. we're obviously heading towards a real inflection point in this crisis. the president and a number of his senior advisers in the white house really want to forge forward here and try to get at least portions of the country and the economy back running again. their plan is at the end of these 15 days, which we're down to the last five or so, that they'll perhaps loosen some things then, and then of course easter sunday which is april 12th even more. and they've chosen that date, i

wish i hasn't read before i came on the air because it had me in tears and white house reporter jonathan lemire. take me through two things, one, the crisis of not enough equipment, not enough ventilators, and the crisis of anyone who has been now through new york has to quarantine wherever they travel to? >> good afternoon, i'm happy to be here with you. so i'm a doctor working and living here in new york city, where it is the epicenter of this epidemic. and doctors and healthcare professionals are taking this extremely seriously. we have been sounding the alarm for a long time and i want to share with you this -- an open letter that thousands and thousands of doctors and other healthcare professionals signed. in this letter, there are three demands from the trump administration, one is that he must issue a shelter in place order for the entire nation. because, remember, this virus does not comply with state borders. the second order is to immediately launch a national testing program for covid-19, where really we're behind the game. this is the only way that the -- the only way the shelter in

joining me now associated press white house correspondent jonathan lemire, former adviser to the clintonnd noah rothman, they are all msnbc contributors. jonathan, the president has now come into contact, close contact, with two people who have come into close contact with somebody who has the coronavirus, both matt gaetz and doug collins. he is a known germophobe. does the president change his tone now that it's come to close to him? >> we are about to find out. the white house briefing which has been delayed is now suppose to the start at 6:00, but it was the vice president's seal and now its the president's seal. it stands to reason that president trump will be coming to the podium shortly to talk to the media. where we are now, though, in terms of the president, we will see if his rhetoric has changed. there was great frustration and concern within the administration about his performance friday at the cdc where they had felt like not that things were necessarily perfect but they felt like they were getting their hands around some of the messaging. long way to go in terms of the test

. >> jonathan lemire, the president is talking about getting america back to work.great example of how the testing not only helps those who are sick but actually those who catch the virus and, yeah, let's look at daniel's example for instance. he may have had coronavirus. it sounds like a real possibility. he's not going to know whether he did or not because he didn't get the test results. but if he did get coronavirus, then he won't get it again, and he will be able to go back into the economy. if 100 million people are infected by the coronavirus, 80% are supposed to get through it with fairly mild conditions. that's 80 million people that could go back to work, go back to their lives, get the economy kickstarted again. but because we weren't able to test all these americans, we're never going to know who has been infected and who hasn't. and we keep flying in the dark. and it's the economy and its workers and it's small businesses that will continue to suffer in the midst of this pandemic. >> it can't be underscored enough the sea change the president's tweets an

they came into my office as our friend jonathan lemire stated and spread them out on the desk.extended date to april 30th when we want people to be at home and probably farther from there. it's unfortunate it took this long to get here. i guess the question is, what is your confidence that he will stay here? because he's known to see a segment somewhere or read an article somewhere else that sort of distracts him and sends him down a rabbit hole. >> look, we are all betting on hope over experience at this point, willie, because we know president trump's history and we know how capricious he can be, how he believes the last person he talked to. and goes off in a different direction. that said, especially on sunday at that, that first rose garden briefing. i thought i detected a real change. i thought i detected a kind of surrender to reality, the briefing that dr. birx and dr. fauci gave him about the potential for deaths in this country, if he did nothing, or if he did too little. really seemed to me to have made an impression, and so i am -- you know, that made me kind of hope