peter hotez for vaccine development in houston and our msnbc kimberly atkins for boston public news. dr. hotez, having watched the white house, we have not played that sound today. having watched donald trump today in the white house, help me if you can, is it your sense right now that the government that there is some lack of clarity about this. the president turned on the switch here or still remains to be done? >> yeah, i don't know in the working zone but first of all, i would like to say that i was really impressed with the mayor of los angeles, his comments. of all my talking points, he hit all of them. and that was a great example of what we want to hear from mayors across the nation. congratulations to the mayor. one of the things that there are two-points that i would like to add onto that, that are important to stress now. one is we have a vulnerable group of hospital workers, front line healthcare workers right now and physicians and nurses getting exposed to the virus. we got to figure out a way to get them protected equipment and implement therapies including antibody. t

kimberly atkins, senior washington correspondent for wbur, boston's npr news station. and ian bremmer is back with us, the founder and president of the eurasia group. his expertise in global affairs with a particular eye on the relationship between political risk and financial markets. he also happens to be the host of g zero world on pbs. good evening and welcome to you all. kimberly, i'd like to begin with you. a week ago tonight the nba season was canceled. a week ago today people were wondering, almost a parlor game, wonder which celebrity will possibly come down with coronavirus. the virus was -- impressed us all when it started at the top of the chain when we learned tom hanks and rita wilson were in quarantine in australia, that is to say, a week has passed. should congress have passed what they did faster? >> congress should be working as fast as humanly possible. the one thing that this variety and the fact that people are staying away from each other, social distancing, is that congress -- members of congress, many members, have opened up virtual town halls a

. >> joining me, don callaway and kimberly atkins, boston's npr station. i'm going to start with shaquille reporting that sanders is pivoting away from mississippi, he's on his way to michigan. standers pull sanders pulled off an upset in michigan. "the new york times" writes the change in plan suggests that mr. sanders will not challenge mr. biden for the support of black voters in the south, a vital base in the democratic party and is instead going all in on the midwest as he tries to compete with mr. biden for working class voters there. give me your thoughts on this. is bernie sanders right to focus on the midwest instead of trying to make a play for some of those gel da delegates in the deep south? >> he's wrong. i would refer sanders to the source awards "the south got something to say." it's a lesson that senator sanders has not learned. i understand he's not going to win mississippi. what you have to do is make a play. you have to show african-american voters that you are interested in at least talking to them and not interested in conceding them.

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. >> senior correspondent kimberly atkins and political reporter, katy click. ladies, welcome. oker and kamala harris had fiery moments with joe biden during the debates. what prompted these endorsements? >> look if you look at their campaigns, they ran, you know, a little bto bit to the right of some of the candidates, certainly to the right of bernie sanders. it seems that they were more naturally aligned to back joe biden at this point in the campaign. there was a lot of consternation i remember during those moments about the democrats being able to unite at this point. and i thought at the time, you know, that's what prime reeds are for, for people to try to distinguish themselves on the debate stage and campaign trail. right now certainly since south carolina, it seems clear that the voters are indicating that they are ready to begin rallying behind a candidate, and that candidate is joe biden, and it seems that a lot of the other candidates are following suit, after it became clear that they themselves did not have a path to the nomination, particularly with buttigieg and

. >>> right now i'd like to bring in kimberly atkins. she's a senior washington news correspondent and a msnbc contributor. i want to begin with you. a lot of back and forth on the hill about that stimulus package. what is the latest? >> there's a lot of anxiety on capitol hill. senator rand paul became the first senator to test positive for covid-19. he's the third member of congress to test positive. all of this is happening in the background while congress is trying to negotiate a package. the latest we're seeing is that democrats and republicans remain far apart on the proposal. democrats are demanding protection for workers and bail out money that businesses get. they want worker protections such as preventing businesses from firing employees. they want to stop the businesses from engaging in stock buybacks. they say the provisions there are too weak. they want stronger unemployment insurance and some members of the senate like bernie sanders, the presidential candidate, wants the checks that go to americans to be much more generous

kimberly atkins, and anthony scaramucci. he was former white house communications director in the trump administration. adam, you were in the room last night when mayor pete delivered the speech. take us inside. >> well, it was really a full circle moment for the mayor. last time i was in that room was in february when he launched his memoir "shortest way home." it was a fascinating scene. at that time last february, there were a few local reporters and me were there. last night, you saw more. he built a national presence and national organization in just a year. in the room last night, supporters were tear filled, shaking hands, celebrating, but it was really one of the most emotional speeches i've heard buttigieg give. one of the most fiery speeches i heard him give. >> what a year he's had. not long ago, he was mayor of the 363rd largest city in the u.s.. >> he is impossible not to like, you talk leadership, that was a leadership moment for him. looking at the landscape, he doesn't want bernie sanders to get the plurality

>>> my thanks to david jolly and kimberly atkins and everyone else who was here today. it's been a rough week for america. thank you for hanging in there with me this week. nicolle will be back this weekend. walk your dog this weekend. "mtp daily" with chuck todd starts right now. ♪ >>> welcome to friday. it's "meet the press daily." we've got a packed show for you. a series of stay-at-home orders are blanketing states and cities. chicago, new york and l.a. all in some form of this. moments ago, the governor of illinois ordered that state's 13 million residents to stay at home and warned his state's hospital system would be overwhelmed unless drastic measures were taken. just hours before that, andrew cuomo issued an executive order that virtually shut down the state requiring 100% of new york's nonessential workforce to stay home. he called it the most drastic action they could take. >> i said from day one, this is science and math. watch the number. watch the trajectory. you have the density control valve. the number starts to go up. tighten the valve. if the number d

kimberly atkins. and erin haynes. i'm tempted to start with erin first because it is the 19th. i want to go to addisue first because i quoted you. if you thought about it in your logical mind you'd think that would be one of the candidates to assemble the obama coalition. why in the end is it biden who did what he did? >> that was our theory of the case. and i think joe biden had a lot going for him coming into the race, he was the vice president for barack obama for eight years not only did that give him residual strength with african-americans but also name recognition. he's run for president twice, been on national ballots twice, i think it's a big advantage to come in with name regulcognitio. and he's well liked, even by myself who was running a campaign against him. >> i've heard recently, and it's sort of emerging almost as biden's yes we can, we know joe. and there's a cod sell to it joe knows us. i'm hearing a lot say that as they endorse him. it's emerging as the thing. you know the guy. even if he's not perfect, you know the brand. that's a good point. emily, i want t