here is the bbc's katty kay.his is a sign of the times that this was not de at aut political rallyn the basement. the two men coming together for critical unity. i remember back in 2016, bernie sanders endorsing hillary clinton was pretty tepid. in fact, it took him early six days after presumptive nominee to actually get there. this time around, it has taken bernie sanders only five days, and as he put it, the reason he donald trump is, as he says, the most dangerous preside in american history, and he willo everything he can to try to get hi wout of tte house. suor, sin n y applll have to come in and try to join me to get donald trump to be a one-term president. e biden returned the complements, saying he would listen critically to bernie sanders supporters a his issues. the two now are going to form democratic task forces tong look at t like education and immigration, climate change, and, in ts critical moment, of course, health care. there is some sense among democrats that this may be a moment for some of th

let's see if those dates hold. >> katty kay, trlnks.he health organization is considering whether to update his guidance about wearing masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus. in the u.s. the centers for disease control i also mulling that over. no guidance has been issued as of yet. research suggest coughs and sneezes may tvel further than previously t as david reports. >> the shocking power of a sneeze. do we know for certain how far it might project coronavirus? that is the question being assessed. it could change how whee respond toandemic. according to the world health organization, the infection could beprd up to a meter away. the advice of the british government and manywothers is that meters can be considered safe. rearch shows coughing and ecpr more droplets up to six meters and sneezing could go even fther. there is no definitive proof coronavirus can be spread that r. there are scientists that believe that possibility must be considered. special camerashe innited states captured a sneeze. some droplets stay close. tiny one

for more on that and all the day's political news, let's bring in katty kay. is the president banning all legal immigration here? katty: it is an interesting call given that effectively a lot flights from europe have been canceled already. a lot of flights from asia have en canceled already so there is not a ton of people coming to the united states at the moment. it is partly political, too. president trump knows that his base likes it when he respects immigratio it has been a big theme of his presidency. using the coronavirus as a way to protect american jobs is somethingshat gown well politically with his supporters. is a very busy day washington as the senate reaches a deal to help small businesses. is it really going to be taeted at them and not the shake shacks of the world? katty: yes. we have spoken about this before, haven't we? this is the concern particularly for democrats who feel the last amount of funding for small businesses disappeared incredibly fast. loe of peoo were standing in line to try to get it could not actually get any of that money, a

demand was high, but some of the business is applying for loans were not so small after all as katty kayls us. >> it looks like american small businesses will get another injection of cash, some $470 billion. they need this because the last big package that went out a few weeks proved not to be enough. the system. was overwhelm there were far too many applicants, and a lot of the small businesses that wanted that money found a just could not access it. it had all been dispersed. so now there are negotiations over the $470 billion and critically safeguards have been put into it so that it is the most needy, the really small businesses, people in vulnerable communities who can actually cesshese funds. it is all a b embarrassing because it seems that some of the money actually went toery big c tins,ngs like pot belly, which has franchises all around the country,ha and shack, a hamburger joint across the united states which has hundreds of emoyees around the country. they managed to get $10 million from the last dispersal of funds. they decided to give that back because they whenze liatd tht

demand wase igh, but s the business is applying for loans were not so small after alls katty kay tells >> it looks like american small injection of cash, some $470 billion. they need this becausehe last big package that went out a few weeks ago for small businesses proved not to be enough. the system was overwhelmed. there were far too many ap money found a just could not cess it. had all been dispersed. itso nowhere are negotiations over the $470 billion and critically safeguards have been put into it so that it is the most needy, the really small businesses, people in vulnerable communities who can actually cess these funds. it is all a bit embarrassing because it seems that some of the money actually went toery big chains, thingsikte l country, and shake shack, a hamburger joint across the united states which has hundreds of emoyees around the country. they managed to get $10 lillion from tt dispersal of atnds. the ead d tidedivo g when $10 can have accesds fs un of d million that other small sinesses reay did need laura: katty kay reporting there. in other news now from around the

let's bring in the bbc‘s katty kay, who joins us now from washington.'s take you back to the white house. we told the president would speak at the top of the hour but he is some five minutes wait. a lot of the correspondence they are doing their standupsjust the correspondence they are doing their standups just before the start of this. we have got an idea of some of this. we have got an idea of some of the guidelines he will be excited to announce. he had a busy day, first having a teleconference with leaders of the g7 countries with the us heading the g7 this particular yearfor us heading the g7 this particular year for 2020. talking about what they should do as a block. also set up they should do as a block. also set upa bipartisan they should do as a block. also set up a bipartisan task force to reopen the economy with some dreadful figures as you just heard there in terms of unemployment, up to 22 million, a rise of 5.2 million in the past week alone. let's bring in the bbc‘s katty kay, who joins us now from washington. we have spoken the last two

katty kay for us there.des to the current restrictions, but some of our native animals appear to be enjoying the quiet on the roads. wildlife experts say that the dramatic drop in traffic as a result of the lockdown could help to pause the decline in species such as hedgehogs. 0ur science correspondent, victoria gill, reports. while so many of us are stuck indoors, lockdown hasn't slowed the flurry of springtime activity outside. and as urban areas for quiet and more people put out food in their yards and gardens, wild animals are showing up in some very domestic settings. so could nature be making the most out of lockdown? it was a very strange time for all of us, how might different animals be adapting to it? normally places that are quite noisy and busy, typically dominated by human activity, they are a lot more spaced now for animals and wildlife generally. a lot of species will respond to that, particularly hedgehogs we think. in mind... if that is the case, then that could be a contributing factor in t

that's katty kay in washington. new government website that launched today for up to 10 million key workers and their families to book coronavirus tests online had to close after it was inundated with requests. almost 50,000 people in england tried to book a testjust hours after the website launched. 16,000 did manage to book a drive through appointment or get home testing kits. the government says the site — for key workers with symptoms — is going back online this evening and will be taking more bookings. 0ur health editor hugh pym has the latest. pop—up units run by the army — part of a new push in england to boost virus testing. the number of drive—through centres is being expanded and more home test kits will be sent out, all to handle possible demand from up to 10 million key workers and their families. but by mid—morning, all slots bookable online for today had been taken by 11,000 people and 5,000 home test kits went within minutes. the department of health apologised for any inconvenience and said booking f

katty kay, thanks so much.eaths from coronavirus for two weeks, continuing a recent trend which suggests the virus's spread is stabilising. with over 130,000 infections, spain has more cases than any other country in the world except for the united states. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. good news, as another patient is discharged from hospital, having recovered from covid—19. spain has reported just under 640 deaths from coronavirus were being reported daily. the number of new infections has also been easing off in recent days, and the government says the virus' spread is now coming under control. translation: more than 40,000 people have already been discharged, and this already represents almost 30% of the reported cases. the government believes that measures that were introduced just over three weeks ago, tightly restricting spaniards movement, are paying off. this week, the prime minister, pedro sanchez, hopes to gain parliamentary backing to extend the national lockdown at least until late april. but al

good to talk to you, thank you very much, katty kay there with us in washington.l has collapsed to a record low, as demand dries up and storage runs out. the price of a barrel of west texas intermediate, the benchmark for us oil, today traded as low as minus $40 a barrel — the first time the price has turned negative in history. it led to a day of chaos in the oil markets, and has left the world awash with oil and not enough storage capacity. let's speak now to christof ruehl, who's an economist at crystol energy. hejoins us from abu dhabi. and that's it, really, a glut of oil? negative prices, people have to be paid to pick up the oil, which is to be delivered next month. that is the market's way of telling you ta nks the market's way of telling you tanks are full. so talk us through the implications of that and how long you think it might last? technicalities aside, this is for delivery next month. it had in the you just have been in the us, not globally, which is important. in landlocked areas where you have storage facilities far away where you have pipelines

i want to thank andy slavitt, katty kay, dr. bhadelia and andy preis. >>> and an interview with mark cuban. and companies getting breaks not for them but for smaller businesses on main street. >>> what sports teams will do in this new reality. >>> and the growing debate about how to reopen. why expert says we need way more testing. two special tests on what openings could do when you look at the economic disparities across america. an important aspect of this that we think needs more attention. all of that coming up. i'm ari melber. you're watching "the beat" on msnbc. msnbc. and private clouds, and hybrid clouds- things can get a bit cloudy for you. but now, there's the dell technologies cloud, powered by vmware. a single hub for a consistent operating experience across all your clouds. that should clear things up. stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill... ...can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some-r

laura: for more on the significance of bernie sanders's departure on the race, here is katty kay. the 20 general election for the white house is now on. it will be joe biden versus donald tru. the challenge for joe biden is to try to win over all of those incredibly energetic bupnie sandersrters. there are a lot of young americans today who really believed in sanders's message and think in this time of the coronavirus, actually, his policies on health care for all, his polici of income, are more relevant than ever. an they feel very disappointed that the senator from vermont has dropped out of the race. sout how does joe biden go a trying to win them over without dragging the aquatic party so far to the lefthat he cannot energize voters in the cenr? it's clear nowthhat because of coronavirus, this election will be a referendum on donald p.tr and joe biden and the democratic party cannot afford to leave any voters behd. so their single focus for the next few months will be winning over bernie sanders supporters and trying to find a way for joe biden to reachn voters, e though he is

studio: let's go back to katty kay in dc. we've heard from deborah birxjust a moment ago.likes the figures for this, butjoe biden seems to be ahead but doesn't have anything like the platform that this gives donald trump in the selection year. no. joe biden has been pretty invisible, have and he? he's done a few meetings. he is doing local media, which is probably a smart strategy. he's doing interviews with press in michigan and wisconsin and florida, the key swing states. i suspect that's about the most he can do, given that has on social media platform is much more limited. he doesn't have this opportunity to go before the country on primetime television across nearly all of cable networks every day for a couple of hours and get this kind of an audience. it is hard for the democrats to break through.” an audience. it is hard for the democrats to break through. i was just trying to work out what was happening in terms of these checks that donald trump wanted to be personally signed by himself to people receiving benefits. is that being blocked or attempted to be blocked

jobs picture and the effort to help out americans who are struggling, i am joined by katty kay. arly 70 million americans have lost their jobs. the scale of this is staggering. katty: when you think there are only 160 milon americans actually in the workforce, that 17 million figure puts into some kind of perspective. this is much worse than during the crash of 2008. you actually have to go back to the greadepression of the 1920's to find jobless figures like you are seeg at the moment. the number of people who are actually losing their jobs. u have the treasury secretary on television today that the u.s. economy can hopefully start rebounding and may. public health officials say that is optimistic at best. anchor: realistically, won't it take a long time for the economy to beebound? with so many pple struggling to file for unemployment katty: that is staggering that it is taking people 700 calls to get through t andy still cannot get their money. people areg hav to make terrible choices between, do you feed your animals or do you p your bills? those arehe decisions people are fa

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anchor: let's go to katty kay with us in washington. not know about you, but it did not sound much like sarcasm. katty: a f start, he was not talking to reporters. during the briefing, and you can altch the tape, the president turns to his meddvisors. he is not talking to reporters. he turned to medical advisors and asked them about this notion of injectingisinfectant into i the body to gias he called it a "cleansing." did not see sarcasm, the white house is doing a cleanup job of its own, realizing the president said this. it got a huget amo pushback from the medical community and states. the state of maryland this morning has had to put out a notifica the state not to try to drink disinfectant because they say they c had 100ls from people asking about what the president was suggesting they should do. anchor: all of this coming as america passes 50,000 deaths from coronavir. katty:er huge nuand still new york still the epicenter. they think they have passed their peak, are on a plateau, but there are other hotspots around the country.

let's speak to katty kay. gely confusing picture across the us, some states like new york still in others really not. yeah, as president trump has described it, america is a puzzle, a beautiful puzzle, he said, and it is this kind of jigsaw puzzle if puzzle, he said, and it is this kind ofjigsaw puzzle if you like of different entities. take new york, for example. new york is notjust a state doing things differently, things are being done differently within the state. you heard governor cuomo saying there will be areas of u pstate n ew cuomo saying there will be areas of upstate new york, pretty rural, have much fewer cases, where they will start opening some businesses, manufacturing for example, construction going to start opening up construction going to start opening up and there is more rural areas, but then the downstate areas, which includes new york city and long island, many more cases. that's going to happen later. and that picture if you like is multiplied right around the country, where you have som

mayor, katty kay has a question for you. >> mayor, thank you for joining us. hard words for the president over the weekend, asking if the white house just wanted new york to drop dead. do you get the sense from washington, a little bit like we've had throughout the history of this virus, that, somehow, it is somebody else's problem? for a while, it was china's problem. then it was a problem in italy but not in my backyard. do you think new york is almost being ring fenced, as well? new york has this big problem. they can deal with it. it's not our problem. >> yeah, i think that's exactly what you're seeing. first of all, we all know, it is not just a new york problem. this is a problem all over our country. if it is not handled right, it will get worse in all kinds of states. this is a red state and blue state problem. it's bigger cities, but it is not just bigger cities. we see, obviously, in small towns of america, this problem, too. i think you're right. in the mind of donald trump, it becomes easier to say, "let me compartmentalize this away." here's the t

katty kay has more. just waiting for her. is coming up on the significance of barack obama endorsing joe biden. reporter:f i you are running for anything as a democrat, mayor, congressman, the endorsement you really want ithat of barack obama. but the former president realized it was not just enough to say he likes joe biden, he had to remind americers that the former vice president has experience leading in a crisis. barack obama: joe has the character anguexperience to e us through one of our darkest times and heal us through a long recovery. and i know he will surround himself wi good people. experts, scientists, military officials, who actually know how to run the government. reporter: if you heard a bit of a dig at trump, you are not wrong. there is no love lost between the two. but there was a lot of love for barack obama knows they have to turn a vote for joe biden if they are going to take back thit house. barack obama: bernie has devoted hisin life to g voice to hopes, dreams, frustrations of working people. reporter

katty kay, thank you very much.china and other nations over how the virus began. let's bring ros atkins back in. hi, ros. thanks, babita. let's start with china's ambassador to the uk, speaking to the bbc‘s hardtalk programme. china is a victim of the coronavirus. china is not a source of this problem. china is not the producer of this epidemic. and that is something we have to come clean about. donald trump sees it differently. he has said he's considering suing china, accusing china of not doing enough early on to stop the spread of the disease. we are not happy with china. we are not happy with that whole situation, because we believe it could've been stopped at the source, it could've been stopped quickly, and it wouldn't have spread all over the world. and we think that should have happened. so we'll let you know at the appropriate time, but we are doing serious investigations. and this was the response to that from the chinese foreign ministry. translation: american politicians have repeatedly ignored the trut

washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. co-host of showtime's "the circus" and editor in chief of "the recount," john heilemann. let's show you how this all played out, as the president undermined his top medical experts on stage. once again, they're being forced to push back hard against president trump's latest suggestions for treating the coronavirus. one of which included, stay with me here, injecting people with disinfectant. the president's ideas, which were prejected by experts in th briefing room with him, came after a homeland security official presented research that found disinfectants, heat and humidity, killed the virus on surfaces and in the air. >> so supposing we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and i think you said that has not opinion checked but you're going to check it. i said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do, either through the skin or in some other way, and i think you said you're going to test that, too. sounds inter

let's speak now to the bbc‘s katty kay — who's in washington dc.ard there from the governor, warning about the potential of a second spike and the president only yesterday at his news conference described bills protesters as responsible people. n0 sound apologies, as you can see, we have lost the sounds link to washington. we will try to fix that and returned to her in a short while. here, the british government's scheme to help businesses keep their staff on their payrolls, even if the pandemic means they can't work, has opened today. by this afternoon 140,000 firms had applied for support under the scheme. the government will cover 80% of workers' wages, up to a value of two and a half thousand pounds a month. our business editor simonjack reports. lockdown britain, streets deserted, shops closed, workers at home. but due to a government scheme that went live today, nearly 10 million of them will be paid by the government to stay there. i'm peterjackson... a godsend for businesses like this jewellers who has 40 staff across four closed stores. it

listening to all of that as always, katty kay from her basement in georgetown. subdued president trump. much more subdued president trump. much more effectual. what did you make of today? yes, not like yesterday's press c0 nfe re nce today? yes, not like yesterday's press conference when he was on fire and clearly very angry about the price of the coverage he has been getting. this is more factualfor the president. i thought the most interesting thing we heard in the press c0 nfe re nce interesting thing we heard in the press conference so far was from mike pence there. he said quite confidently and the vice president who is leading the task force tends to bea who is leading the task force tends to be a bit more cautious than the president in terms of optimism but saying quite confidently that he felt in the task force feels that by early summer, the us will have the worst of this virus behind them. this epidemic. mr pence not going in ahe this epidemic. mr pence not going in a he thinks it can rebound and come backin a he thinks it can rebound and come back in

i can now speak to katty kay in washington. from home, ithink from home, i think in dc.hat have you taken from her today, not quite the bombshell of the day before but anything else you have picked up? yes, from home in my basement, and these briefings are really interesting and for president trump they are away to talk to the country ina they are away to talk to the country in a critical election year and let's not forget there's a presidential election going on at the moment and in this election campaign when he cannot get out and do what he wants to do which is hold these big rallies which is his favourite way of talking to his supporters, he's realised that these daily white house coronavirus briefings are getting huge audiences and it gives him a chance to talk to the american public. often he's talking about things related to the coronavirus and sometimes we get experts up there, doctor fauci a famous figure in the united states now. and the treasury secretary sometimes talks, but he also did veers into domestic politics he uses these briefings as a way to make his

here's an assessment on president trump's latest press briefing from the bbc‘s katty kay in washington he has criticised and blamed the coronavirus for and now it is the turn of the world health organisation, specifically it seems the president is unhappy with the organisation for being too close to china and at one point in the briefing he said that the two political correctness ahead of saving lives. and it is worth remembering that at the back of january — donald trump specifically supported the world health organisation and president xi jinping and so there is some rewriting of history but for the moment he is suspending funding to the who, pending some review. we will have to see how long the review takes and how the funding will resume. the international monetary fund has warned that the coronavirus pandemic has left the world facing the worst recession since the great depression, nearly a century ago. it said the pandemic represented a crisis like no other, much worse than the financial crash, a decade ago. here's the imf‘s chief economist. under the assumption that the pandemic

0k, katty kay, thank you very much indeed.he spends a third night in intensive care battling covid—19/ the chancellor rishi sunak says the prime minister was setting up in his bed. but the wider picture... 938 have died. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. still the wait. the prime minister is still in intensive care. but borisjohnson's condition in hospital is improving. he's sitting up in bed. but dilemmas for government will still come. good afternoon. the chancellor taking the lead today. the latest from the hospital is that the prime minister remains in intensive care, where his condition is improving. i can also tell you that he has been sitting up in bed and engaging positively with the clinical team. this is more than an immediate health emergency, though, for the prime minister and the many thousands of families around the country with loved ones at risk. shuttered shops, closed down commerce, the outward signs of a massive hit to the nation's wallet for as long as this lockdown goes on. do you accept, chan

for more on the significance of the announcement, here's the bbc‘s katty kay. this was not done at some big political rally in a swing state, but from the basement of a senator from vermont and the basement of the former vice president of the united states. the two men coming together asjoe biden put it for critical unity. what is key about this is the timing. i remember back in 2016, bernie sanders' endorsement of hillary clinton was pretty tepid. it took him 36 days after she was the presumptive nominee to actually get there. this time around, it's taken bernie sanders only five days, and as he put it, the reason he's endorsing joe biden is because he believes that donald trump as he says is the most dangerous president in american history and he will do everything he can to try to get him out of the white house. that includes an appeal to his supporters, saying now you all have to come in and try tojoin me to get donald trump to be a one—term president. joe biden returned the compliments, saying this endorsement meant a huge amount to him and he would listen

the bbc's katty kay is with us.as the next question. >> greg, it certainly is striking reading your report yesterday, and then listening to the white house briefing, and how often we heard the president and the vice president say what a fantastic job the administration is doing. is there anyone in the administration, according to your reporting. who would recognize your timetable and admit that there were moments where, for example, with the tests that went wrong, things that went wrong, or that the tests that they promised were going to get out didn't get out, or lockdowns they said were going to happen didn't happen on time? how much recognition and acceptance of responsibility is there anywhere in the administration that this has been a catalog of missteps? >> well, of course, you know, in this administration, it's highly perilous for anybody to contradict the president. you don't last very long if you're not on the same page with the president, or you undercut what he is saying. in this case though, i mean, we w

our correspondent katty kay joins us from washington.trump immigration band, but how extensive is it? yes. as we have seen before what president trump when he announces immigration policy on twitter, the initial offering seems to bea the initial offering seems to be a lot more dramatic and yukonian and actually the details of the policy itself. it became clear during the course of the white house press briefing which has just ended months ago this evening that this is actually a much more limited restriction. it applies for 60 days only to people who are applying for green cards. if you wanting to come to america on a temporary work visa to work for a company here. that is not included in this restriction. if you're coming to america to work for the agriculture industry and a lot of farmers here depend on part—time workers. they also are exempt from this restriction. if you're coming to work in the health care industry also exempt. it is really only about people applying for green cards and only at the moment anyway this 60 days. we know

let's bring in the bbc‘s katty kay, who joins us now from washington. that almost sounds like something che guevara would say, as opposed to donald trump. what does he mean? it's an interesting choice of words, and donald trump, it seems to me, is appealing directly to his base to some conservatives who have been out of places like michigan, protesting that their freedoms have been taken away because of this lockdown. and they want to have the freedom to go back to school or work, or restau ra nts a nd back to school or work, or restaurants and bars, and mix in public. there's this debate going on between public health workers and people on the business and economic side, and it seems to be setting up this clash here with trump's tweets, with him saying "liberate minnesota, liberate michigan, liberate virginia." but at this time, the white house is generally recommending until the end of april that people shelter at police and socially distance, which would seem to be at odds with this liberation. but those states that you pointed out are run by democra

lets go back to katty kay. it just it will help the economy of georgia but itjust goes to show what the united states with the whole process has been. the dater that camp is referring to is data suggesting that georgia hit its peak a couple of weeks ago in terms of the number of coronavirus cases. so he feels he can take these measures in order to try to reopen the economy. bearing in mind how many people who've lost theirjobs. what were already hearing business owners from george irst, owners of gems for example saying they're not going to bother reopening because they don't think it's safe. and because polls show that the public doesn't think it safe. so will they actually go back evenif safe. so will they actually go back even if a nail salon is open in atla nta, even if a nail salon is open in atlanta, georgia ? even if a nail salon is open in atlanta, georgia? is somebody going to think that they can go there in a socially distant way and get their pedicure or manicure? it doesn't seem so. pedicure or mani

i've been speaking to katty kay in washington and asked whether anyone is really buying trump's claimrcastic. well, for a start, he wasn't talking to reporters. during that briefing — and you can watch the tape, it is all there. the president turns to his medical advisers, not reporters, his medical advisers and asks them about this notion of somehow injecting disinfectant into the body to give it, as he called it, "a cleansing". i did not see any sarcasm and there has been a lot of pushback against that. i think the white house is doing a bit of the clean—up job of its own, realising the president said this, and they got a huge amount of pushback from the medical community. and he's also going pushback from states because the state of maryland this morning has had to put out a notification advising people in the state not to drink disinfectant because, they say, they've had 100 calls from people asking about of what the president was suggesting them to do. all this comes as america passes 50,000 deaths with coronavirus. yeah. huge numbers. and still, obviously, new york still the epi

katty kay, when we're flattening the curve, what are we doing? we're delaying the deaths, we're delaying the infections, we're spreading them out over time so hospital capacity will not meltdown. so, these idiots, and i'm sorry, i just have to say, they're idiots. these idiots who continue to push the hoax button don't realize this doesn't magically go away. this will stay with us until there's a vaccine. and let us pray that there's a vaccine sooner rather than later. i pray that for members of my family, i pray that for members of your family, i pray that for every family that have elderly people in their homes or elderly loved ones or who have children with underlying conditions. but -- but bending the curve is just spreading out the number of infections, just spreading out the number of deaths in a way that the hospitals and society can handle it. >> yeah, i mean, all we're doing when we flatten the curve is protecting now our health systems from a massive onslaught of cases. and the other thing that we're doing is buying our self time, right

let's speak now to the bbc‘s katty kay — who's in washington. she was watching and listening. suspension of emigration. to what extent is this a political appeal really to his base in this election year? interesting listening to him there because a sound from what the president has said this evening it isa president has said this evening it is a lot more restricted in terms of a restriction if that is a possible thing. then we had originally thought. now it looks like it is only applying to people who are applying for a green card. actually applying for a green card. actually a lot of the processing of green cards has been kind ofjammed up a nyway cards has been kind ofjammed up anyway because of the coronavirus, and the office is being shut down. there were not very many applications going on for green cards as a wares but from what he was saying this evening, my understanding is not that this immigration restriction applies to people who are in the process of applying for a green card or permanent residency here in the united states. it doesn't apply and they have been excep

joining joe, willie, and me, we have washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. of the "new yorker" magazine, david rem nick. pulitzer prize-winning columnist and editor of the "washington post" and msnbc analyst, eugene robinson. great to have you all on board. states on the east and west coasts are forming regional pacts to coordinate reopening society from the stay at home orders each has issued. the first announcement came yesterday on the east coast, where new york governor cuomo and his state, along with new jersey, connecticut, pennsylvania, delaware, rhode island, and massachusetts, each plan to name a public health and economic official to help with the reopening plan. each governor's chief of staff will also be a part of this group. later in the day, california, washington, and oregon also announced they would be joining forces to plan to ease stay at home restrictions. the group said they are going to study data and research from other countries in order to come up with a consistent plan, a plan that, hopefully, keeps people safe. now, the governors ma

let's talk to katty kay now, who is in washington for us.now about you, but don't think it sounded like sarcasm. for a start, it wasn't, he wasn't talking to reporters. during that briefing, and you can watch the tape, it is all there, the president turns to his medical advisers, not reporters, medical advisers, not reporters, medical advisers, not reporters, medical advisers and asked about this notion of somehow injecting disinfectant into the body to give it "a cleansing". disinfectant into the body to give it "a clea nsing". i disinfectant into the body to give it "a cleansing". i did not see any sarcasm it "a cleansing". i did not see any sarcasm it is been a lot of pushback against that. i think the white house is doing a bit of the clean—up job of its own, realising the president said this and they got a huge meta— pushback from the medical community, and he's also going pushback from states because the state of maryland this morning has to put out a notification advising people in the state not to drink disinfectant because, they say

for more on the protests, here's katty kay in washington.rs in some perspective though. it seems they are in their hundreds, not thousands or tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. the relatively small groups in several states around the country in some cases they seem to have been backed by fairly conservative groups who are urging them to get out there and protest. to some extent you can understand it. 22 million americans have lost theirjobs and people are very anxious about the state of the economy. this our people's livelihoods at stake not getting a paycheque or make their rent or their bills. they want to go back to work. it is an understandable instinct that people really want this lockdown to be over. but when you dig into the opinion polls, in those states where we are seeing some of the lockdowns being released, actually people are nervous about this lockdown being ended too soon and some polls suggest that in states like georgia and florida, people are saying we will not be going back to these businesses if we are not convin

katty kay is in washington. these figures are astonishing. how much worse does it get?oes it get? i guess there are two questions on everyone's mind, how long does the shut down last and how much worse if the economy for everyone already hurting. the president has come round to the view that you have to at this shut down to protect the us economy and people are starting to look at historical data and say there are incidences from the 1918 flu that when measures were taken, that helped the economy rebounded. that message got through to the president and extended the shut down until the end of april. washington dc was put down into full shut down a few days ago and that will go for another month. all the scenes that he just showed us will continue, and presumably unemployment went from 3 million last week, two 6 million last week and you have to assume that as more businesses are shut down around the country the number is going to rise at least next week and potentially the week after because not every american state has been on shut down as long as others and as texas ge

let's speak to katty kay. a mixed picture right across the us.h of states now which are starting the process of reopening, and with mixed results within those states. you saw the beach there in california, people weren't meant to be on those. the beachesin weren't meant to be on those. the beaches in georgia opened, and including —— according to the mayor of one area of beaches, i had record numbers of people coming out, so there is quite a bit of anxiety in those states that have started to reopen. then you've got a state like new york, which is so big and has such different areas to it that the governor cuomo is saying 0k, upstate new york, we can open those bits of the state earlier, it is rural, there are fewer cases. downstate, new york and long island where they have many more cases, that would ta ke have many more cases, that would take a bit longer, so it is this patchwork. i think the key is that the mayor of minneapolis was referring to data, which is why the press co nfe re nce referring to data, which is why the press conference is go

let's speak to katty kay in washington.der came ina that news of the executive order came in a midnight tweet. in the last few minutes we have been getting more detail because aside from that top line we knew very little. and it is not actually clear what this means in practice to me because effectively immigration into the us and everywhere has stopped because there is not much travel coming into the country. there are very few flights coming in from europe and very few flights coming in from asia. 0n europe and very few flights coming in from asia. on march the 18th, the government stopped processing green ca rd government stopped processing green card applications and new immigration visa applications as well so those have been pretty much on hold. traditionally at this time of year we do see a pick—up and be coming across the border as the weather gets warmer so may targeted specifically at that. and people who are already in the country, these details are coming in, are allowed to stay in health care workers are going

let's go to katty kay in washington. super tuesday was, at march the 3rd. it feels like years ago when things turned against bernie sanders. different world. you could get on a plane and go to your friend in washington. i suppose it was almost inevitable that he would pull out? yes i think it was a question of timing on that night that you and i we re timing on that night that you and i were standing outside of the white house for super tuesday he lost so many of the states and eight out of 11 went to joe many of the states and eight out of 11 went tojoe biden that he could not get the delegates together. the question would be when he would drop out of the way. he is suspending his campaign and will stay on the ballot and wants to get delegates at the convention if there is one in order to have some leverage. when he has brought is a huge amount of energy and young voters who really believe in his message. and some ideological purity on the left of the democratic party. the challenge now forjoe biden is how to reach thos

my colleague, katty kay, is in washington.n, when you look at the figures, a quarter ofa million, 6000 when you look at the figures, a quarter of a million, 6000 deaths, and half the deaths in new york state, you can see why he is so concerned to. both the governor of new york and bill de blasio say they think new york is actually only a few days away from what they are calling d—day, the moment when they will have this huge influx of patients coming into the hospital system, a hospital system that is already feeling the strain. that is why cuomo is coming up with this idea. but the problem is that you are hitting up against the conflict between having states that have some power, and a federal government that has other powers, and the two are not always working in cooperation together. what andrew cuomo is talking about their might make sense in terms of limited resources being needed now, but they will be needed in detroit soon. let's have them in new york, then detroit, than texas, than wherever they are needed next. but in

along with joe, willie, and me, we have washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. u.s. national editor at the "financial times," ed luce. and rogers professor of the presidency at vanderbilt, jon meacham. nbc news and msnbc contributor. we'll be talking in a moment about the -- getting an update on the condition of boris johnson, as well. >> jon meacham, this is a perfect "the buck stops here" contrast with donald trump, saying, "i am not responsible." what we can talk about is ventilators, the national defense production act. we could talk about all the ways that donald trump keeps trying to pass the buck, keeps trying to say, "i'm not responsible." yesterday's example was particularly outrageous, saying it wasn't his job, it wasn't the federal government's job. >> we're not standing on the streets testing. >> to do testing? yes, it is. it's the cdc's job. it has been the cdc's job. it was the trump administration's job. they failed so miserably at it, that the food and drug administration said that if they were a private entity, they'd shut down the cdc. two days

and washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay is with us. let's get up to date on where we stand this monday morning. the united states has surpassed italy for leading the world in the highest number of deaths from the coronavirus. the death toll here in the u.s. is approaching 22,000. with more than 500,000 confirmed cases. this as officials are now debating whether and how to carry out the president's new goal of rolling back social distancing guidelines to reopen parts of the economy by may 1st. health experts warn that such a move, without a plan for widespread testing, would set back any progress made in slowing the spread. a lot of decisions here that need to be made, joe. what's also clear and obvious is that the social distancing policy has worked. so it is really clear, backing up what you heard fauci say at the top of the show, had we started earlier, hundreds, possibly thousands of lives, could have been saved. had we done the one thing that we could start right away, social distancing. we don't have testing yet. we still don't ha