good morning to you. >> good morning, kristen. president trump is trying to offer up ideas to get rid of the virus even though some of his suggestions about light or chemicals used for medicinal purposes have drawn ridicule and warnings from the scientific community and the briefings that he's made a centerpiece of his daily schedule are at issue with advisers and allies saying he should do fewer, shorter briefings. a tactic that showed up on friday. after boasting about tv ratings and sparring with reporters for weeks. >> you guys ever stop? do you want to keep going? >> a twist on the drama friday. president trump headed for the door. taking no questions. >> earlier in the oval office, the president tried to deflect his widely condemned suggestion that disinfectant could be considered for internal use in covid patients. >> i was asking a sarcastic question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside. but it does kill it and it would kill it on the hands. that would make things much better. >> but no sarcasm was

kristen? >> kathy park, thank you. the question now on everyone's mind this morning, when will life get back to normal. president trump says he hopes it will be sooner rather than later. but a difficult decision needs to be guided by the science. kelly o'donnell is live at the white house. good morning, kelly. >> reporter: good morning, kristen. president trump readily acknowledges the decision to reboost business life and get people out of their homes. it's the most consequential call he'll are have to make. keeping up mitigation against the virus and restarting the economy. >> the president promised to be guided by science. >> i will certainly listen. i will sister-in-law listen. >> while also relying on instinct. >> the metrics right here, that's my metrics. >> bearing the heavy responsibility of when and how to lift social distancing restrictions set to expir decision, and i only hope to god on it's the biggest decision i've ever had to make. >> a new poll on the handling of the crisis for

kristen, that's right.rting may 15th, the nba just announced along with players association that the players are going to be taking a 25% pay cut. that is on account of the fact, kristen, there were 250 roughly nba regular season games that were scheduled. they may not be coming back. there could be more pay cut on top of that. the point is, we're talking about a league that was supposed to be starting today with playoffs. that's not happening. guys, back to you. >> truly remarkable. sam brock covering all the sports angles this morning. thank you. >> another sports angle here. how about good news this morning. with most beaches around the world still closed, one surfer figured out how to hit the waves without ever leaving his home. he's a civil engineer. he lives in malaysia. he loves to surf but hasn't been able to do it since january due to the quarantine restrictions. he built a beach out of colored towels, sheets and yoga mats and capturing his ride through the waves in now a viral stop motion video. l

robert: kristen, we keep hearing about president trump, his tweets, his daily briefings.ut there is a whole other story on the economy a on the congressional side. sides are coming closer together to add some money for hospitals, maybe $75 billion politico is reporting on top $50ouillion. do see it being successful this weekend? >> it se temsy are making progress. i've heard that figure as well, that $5 billion. democrats saying, look, we want money for hospitals, for state and lal governments. they were stalemated, deadlocked just a few weeks ag but they started talking again. and that's because the white hoe has movedorward realizing that they need to give democrats something in order to get this done. there's immense pressure on everyone, both sides of the aisle to renew this fund, but as one administration official told me there's the most pressure on the presidentecause he is the one who sor of left holding the bag if this doesn't get resolved. and so that's why you see the white house moving an inch towards the democrats. will it be a done deal? that remains to be s

kristen welker at the white house with details.risten, what happened >> reporter: lester, the vice president is on defense after visiting the mayo clinic and not wearing a mask despite the clinic's guidelines all patients and visitors wear mask he was apparently the only person there without one. the vice president explained his decision by saying he's tested regularly and negative for coronavirus. he also said not wearing a mask allowed him to thank health care workers and, quote, look them in the eye. the mayo clinic said it had shared its policy with the vice president's office earlier this month president trump announced new cdc guidelines recommending wearing a face covering in public when social distancing isn't possible but mr. trump said he didn't plan to do so the vice president's office had no comment when asked what message his decision sends to everyone else about wearing a mask lester >> all right, kristen welker at the white house, thanks. >>> we're back in 60 seconds with the first airline to require all passengers t

kristen?> spencer, it's got to be so challenging on a daily basis to decide which room in chateau christian do i broadcast from today? some of us have a simple fireplace. that's it. we're not going anywhere. all these spots, i don't know where to go. >> well, that bedroom seems to get into make me feel sleepy. so i decided to move in where it's brighter and livelier, and hopefully that will keep the viewers awake too. >> that's right. and you don't have anyone like larry does with his family telling him to stay in that one spot and don't get near the rest of them. >> that's for sure. >> i hear that sometimes too. >> all right, thanks, guys. >>> a sports superstar chastised for ignoring the stay-at-home order. ooh. >>> hi, everybody, i'm chris alvarez working from home. coming up in just a couple of minutes, danville native and a where can a healthier heart lead you? for people with heart failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. entresto is a heart failure medicine pres

kristen? >> yeah.t want to say so much respect for all our panelists for being part of our town hall today. it would be easier to stay silent in today's climate when you speak from the heart, especially on a topic that can be politicized. you risk painting a target on your back. there were a couple of influencers we asked to be part of the panel who declined. y now, they shouldn't be judged. there have been times when i've shied away from controversy out of consideration for my loved ones. on this issue, if we can't move away from blame, then my loved ones would suffer, could suffer. i don't want my parents to fear going to the grocery store. i don't want my kids to hear the kind of teasing i sometimes heard growing up. i do want to see the bay area community supporting each other instead of fighting each other. and continuing these conversations with respect and with love. >> well, finally here as we conclude this hour and conversation about such a vitally important topic, a few thoughts about what re

krist kristen? >> every week we are checking in with oakland mayor libby schaaf on midday live to get answers to your questions. what better way to get them straight from the source. today being the first day many counties beginning to enforce wearing face masks in public, we ask what her city is doing in public. >> if police stop anyone, it will be to warn and educate. we want the reinforce more than enforce. now is not the time that people need tickets. and so that could change if we're seeing flagrant violations, repeat offenders. >> mayor schaaf did follow that by saying the one thing the city is enforcing, side shows. she says that when it comes to trying to be educating the people on the importance of wearing them. >>> enforcement now under way on those mandatory mask orders. masks are required in alameda, contra costa, marin, san mateo, san francisco and sonoma counties. eric thomas live in concord with the details. eric? >> well, larry,ed a you heard libby schaaf say moments ago, they would

. >> kristen welker, again, i think the head scratcher here is how is this a separate task force? how is this not all the same folks? >> so that is the big question looming over this announcement, chuck. and, remember, you have the vice president's task force. that's the main task force. you also have what people inside the administration have referred to as the task force that's being run by jared kushner, the shadow task force, they say. they say that jared kushner is giving advice to the president and not necessarily looping other key figures in. and so that has created some confusion. now you have this second or maybe even third depending on how you're counting task force, and the question becomes does this not create the possibility for more red tape, more bureaucratic challenges, more confusion, frankly, about who the point person, particularly when you talk about the key issues that everyone agrees have to happen before there is any level of a reopening on may 1, which is that there needs to be more testing, testing, testing. how does this task force help to achieve that go

kristen, what are we hearing from the white house after that notable exchange? let me play that for a moment. you questioned the president on him saying they would in the very near future get up to 5 million tests a day. take a look. >> some experts say the u.s. needs 5 million tests per day by june in order to safely reopen. you want to build a plan that will increase testing but not by that much. why not, and can you get to that benchmark? >> we will increase it and increase it more than that in the future. we're way ahead in testing. >> are you saying you're confident you can surpass 5 million tests a day? >> well, we're going to be there very soon. >> and kristen, can you explain, have they given any more indication as to how they expect to get to that big number given the fact they missed every other threshold? >> we haven't gotten any details yet, andrea, about how specifically they would get to that number given, as you reported at the top of the show, that right now they're testing about 200,000 per day. so that would be a significant increase. and the a

kristen told "the new york times" he watched fox. he watched foxed and believe it was under control. kristen remembers her father saying don't you think this is fishy? do you know anyone who has it? do you know anyone who has died from it? she said i don't but give me a week and i bet i will. a week later kristen's dad joe joyce was hospitalized with coronavirus. in a pulitzer-worthy report in the "new york times," tells the story is told of joe joyce from 1970s when he returned from vietnam, working as a gym teacher at a catholic school to 43 years owning and operating j.j. bubbles bar. 43 years that earned him the adjective beloved in the "new york times" headline about him. joe joyce boarded a cruise ship in florida on march 1st. the day after the united states recorded its first death from coronavirus. that cruise ship with joe joyce and his wife aboard was sailing full speed towards spain, full speed ahead toward the virus in spain. the second day that joe joyce was at sea, donald trump held a rally in north carolina with thousa

>> reporter: kristen, good morning. right now, there are about 70 people who are being treated on the two ships that did make it to port. over my shoulder the rotterdam and the "zaandam." this after four people died at sea and now 2,000 others on yet another ship have no idea when they're getting home. near days after sick passengers poured out on stretchers from two holland america cruise ships, the coral princess is still stranded at sea this morning. 1900 crew and passengers and 12 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. for those who have experienced an ordeal like this, words of comfort. >> i know how those people feel and it's a terrible feeling. they want to go home to their families. >> just days ago, that was laura and juan, the south american dream cruise that brought them to the beaches of chile in wonder of the falk land islands turned into a mandatory mask affair and a quarantine. >> not knowing when there would be an end to the situation, when we would finally have a destination and a date and a plan. >> repor

robert: and kristen, they're not following thisayst encouragement from president trump.hat have you learned about howi states are re to the president? >> well, really, it's a range. you ve some of the republican-led states, texas for example, florida, which have have not wanted to shut down. ne they were sort of late in terms of doing tha and texas really defiant a really signaliat they are more poised to reopen more sooner tha some of these other states. and so i think it runs the ga t. when you look at the state like new york, some of the states. virginia, missouri,ic mgan saying liberate these states essentially siting with some of the protest ors saying that some of these state at home orders have been too tough. you see president trump really trying to share the blame of this crisis particularly as he enters this next phase of dealing with it. robert: that's a great point, when we think presidents trump' comments, is there any concern inside of the white house that he's encouraging l unrest? >> if there is it's not getting throh to h. know that this is a president w

kristen welker, the all-star. thank you so much. >> right back at you. >>> and thanks to all of you as well, dr. myrrhty, of course, and yamiche alcindor. as several states prepare to reopen nonessential businesses this week. president trump is now saying he told republican governor brian kemp he strongly disagreed with kemp's plans to reopen the state's gyms and hair salons tomorrow, but he won't stop him. >> i love those people that use all of those things, spas and beauty parlors. they can wait a little bit longer. just a little bit. not much. safety has to predominate. i told the governor very simply i disagree with his decision but he has to do what he thinks is right. >> georgia governor kemp tweeting that he appreciates the president's leadership and insight, but, quote, he's confident business owners will reopen and prioritize the health of employees and customers. meanwhile, a big controversy in las vegas, where the mayor has stirred a storm calling for casinos to open against the governor's wishes in nev

kristen, i want to start with you. you had the reporting that today's briefing is supposed to be focused on test, and i say supposed to, because let's be honest, two days ago it was about the voice of america and we didn't know that was coming. i don't want to presume that this stays on track. what would the focus -- what is the announcement that they're hinting at to you about testing? >> i appreciate the caveat, chuck. it's an important one. you're absolutely right. we never know 100% what's going to happen until the president comes out and announces it. but based on our reporting according to three senior administration official, today's briefing is going to be focused on test, and we expect task force officials to essentially argue that they do have the testing in place across the country to begin the phase one of starting to reopen the economy. now, i also pate that they're going to talk about and acknowledge the need to ramp up testing. you heard that a little bit from dr. anthony fauci yesterday when he said, lo

kristen? >>> an announcement from foster city-based gilead science series raising hope in the battle against the virus. the compan says its experimental antiviral drug remedesavir has hit its goals in a trial. according to dr. anthony fauci, data showed patients who received the drug had an improved recovery time, from 15 to 11 days, compared to those who received placebo. the doubts opened the door to the fact that we now have the capability of treating the virus. >> the data shows that remedesavir has a clear-cut significant positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery. this is really quite important. >> it's important to note this is a treatment for those who are already sick, not a vaccine. it should also be noted that a previous study on remedesavir out of china showed inconclusive results. at 5:00, abc7 news reporter david louie speaks with a lead investigator of this study. >>> meantime, a german company working with u.s. pharmaceutical giant fipfizer has begun human trials. biot

kristen zee is with us tonight. i know officials are taking action to keep city workers like those bus drivers safe across the country. >> you're absolutely right, david. the mayor of detroit is urging everyone in the city and country to watch that heartbreaking video. they're only allowing passengers to exit and and enter through the rear doors that many fear, very real here, too. >> kristen zee in san francisco. kristen, our thanks to you and the entire team at kgo tonight that continue to report on this story. remarkable work there. we know doctors continue to warn about the ventilators tonight. one saying it's like we're playing musical chairs, already forced to juggle them between patients. this half hour we're would-be with california's governor not just on the urgent push for ventilators but protective gear in california. here's matt gutman with the governor. >> reporter: tonight, the virus continues to tear through the ranks of front-line workers. icu nurse larrice anderson, the latest casualty, a 46-year-ol

. >>> let's go to kristen welker at the white house kristen, we so often see the president and vice president sharing the same relative spaces are they taking any additional measures to keep them safe >> reporter: well, lester, the white house is not making any changes to better protect the president at this point. press secretary telling nbc news we're confident in the protocol the white house has in place. administration noting the president has tested negative twice already white house doctors are doing regular testing for officials in close proximity to the president and vice president president trump has acknowledged it can be hard to keep a distance from vice president pence, but stresses they're both healthy. lester >> all right kristen welker at the white house tonight, thanks. >>> this evening a raging controversy in the trump administration over how aggressively to recommend an anti ma malaria drug and top medical experts urge caution. tom costello takes a closer look. >> reporter: inside the white house nbc news confirmed a heated weekend exchange peter navarro facing off against i

kristen? >> laura, i understand they hope to expand the slow streets program, but do they have a plan? >> well, they do, kristen, and they're actually reaching out to the public to get their input. right i know there is something like four and a half miles of designated slow streets. it's a pilot program. this weekend they're trying to possible designati cty input about what they think about those particular streets there is a map. there is more information that will be on our website, abc7news.com. >> all right. we'll keep watching that. laura, thank you. >>> all right. who is ready to go to the beach? santa cruz county has reopened many of its parks and beaches. the original order was in effect only through the 15th of the month, and that was not extended. however, the county says social distancing guidelines remain in effect as well as all state and county shelter in place orders. be advised park rest rooms and playgrounds will remain closed. >>> stimulus check problems. 7 on your side's mi

joining me now are nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker, who is also, of course, co-anchor of "weekend today," michael steele, former republican national committee chairman and also former lieutenant governor of maryland, and jeremy peters, political reporter for "the new york times," who was part of the reporting team on president trump that came up with those stats. first of all, let me share with all of you, governor hogan -- larry hogan of maryland, of course, a republican, the head of the national governors association. this is what he had to say on abc's "this week wooe" about th president's dangerous comments about ingesting disinfectant. >> they certainly pay attention when the president of the united states is standing there giving a press conference about something as serious as this worldwide pandemic. and i think when misinformation comes out or you just say something that pops into your head, it does send a wrong message, and we had hundreds of calls come in our emergency hotline at our health department asking if it was right to ingest clorox or alcohol cleani

. >> kristen: no! you're not taking her. she's sleeping and i don't want anyone to upset her.--i need to hold her just a little while longer. >> brady: what is it you have to tell me? i mean, is this about your--your big secret or did kristen do something horrible that you need to tell me about or what--what is it? >> eric: no. br >> xander: why isn't she picking up? >> justin: i wouldn't panic. >> xander: what if something happened on her way back from the prison? what if she had an accident? >> justin: well, i could call rafe. >> xander: i just want her to be all right. >> justin: oh. >> xander: there you are. finally. >> sarah: you think that our baby was switched with someone else's? >> eric: i know that's what happened. she doesn't belong to us. >> sarah: that's crazy. that's--that's crazy, eric. then whose baby is it? >> eric: brady and kristen. >> xander: you scared me. i thought maybe you were getting cold feet. what is it? what's wrong? >> male announcer: like sands through the hourglass,

kristen?h reports circulating that the luxury chain neiman marcus may be filing for bank result si, retail stores are facing an uncertain future. 1 million have been furloughed by the pandemic. but that's giving hope for another field desperate to hire. david louie has this bad news, good news story we would call it, david. >> i guess that's true. the saying goes when one door closes another openings. nsfse nee, tens of tos of ould be an appealing career switch. the projections will worry retail workers. according to high level estimates by the institute for regional studies, 13,000 retail jobs could be lost after the pandemic if the trend continues away from stores to online shopping. there's an upside from the health field. >> they would love to hire workers who, on the phone, you can sense that they're smiling. or they're able to make patients feel comfort and welcome. >> people stills are in demand if they're willing to retrain. wa starting, tora and kaiser hc trai 10urses ands on belf o a

kristen holmes for us at the white house. kristen, thank you so much.et's talk now about this pastor, who president trump says he'll tune in to for easter service today. he's made some insensitive, let's call them, at least, comments about catholics, mormons, jews, even gone as far as to linking president obama's actions in the past to those of the antichrist, many others. let's go to sarah westwood now. she has a deeper look at pastor jeffress' comments. and he's really become an ally of the president. >> reporter: the president has chosen to tune in this morning to easter services to a pastor who's a longtime supporter, but who's also controversial. >> pastor robert jeffress. and he's a terrific guy, a terrific man. i've gotten to know him very well. he's a man of great compassion. he loves our country. and i'm going to be with him on easter, meaning i'm going to be with him watching on a laptop. >> reporter: jeffress is someone who has long backed trump and who campaigned for him in 2016. he now serves as an adviser to the president and sits on his e

kristen, what is the motivation for this this where is it coming from? is there somebody that he is trying to get into a position that he can't? >> this was an unexpected twist to this briefing, chuck. typically we hear the politics a little bit later on in the briefing. so it's not clear exactly what prompted this. we know that he has been frustrated, not only by what he perceives as democrats blocking some of his nominees, but their threat of oversight of his handling of the virus response. and so it's possible that that is part of why we're seeing him lash out in this way. but i'll just underscore this point that i've heard from a number of his allies which is they think it's critical when he holds these briefings, these press conference, that he stays on message. they think it's important in terms of getting information out, but also important for him to show that he is taking a leadership role in this instance, that he stays on the topic of how they're going to deal with this crisis, how they're going prevent more deaths and how they're going to get

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kristen? >>> president trump is using an executive order to keep meat processing plants open during the pandemic. it comes after companies such as tyson expressed concerns the nation's food supply chain is breaking. >> we're working with tyson. we are. we're going to sign an executive order today, i believe, and that will solve any liability problems where they had certain liability problems. and we'll be in very good shape. >> numerous plants are closed for various reasons. smithfield has seen outbreaks among workers in multiple plants. that's led them to shut down. tyson closed a plant in iowa because of workers calling out sick. >>> today is the final day of the coronavirus community testing program going on in san francisco's mission district. this census tracked outreach and testing is the only kind that's going on in the entire country. abc7 news reporter luz pena has been covering the advancement of this story and has the very latest. >> san fr cases. decemb deaths, 23. the mission dist

joining me for insight and analysis are nbcxdó[ news whit house correspondent kristen welker, authorstorian jon meach meacham, yamiche t(alcindor, an lonny chen, fellow at the huver institution. welcome to sunday and a special edition of "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in telephovision historyyÑ this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chu' tor.ip &h(lc% >> good sunday morning and a happy easter and a happy passover. it's hard to talk about good news when more than 2,000 people are dying on a daily basis in this country, butq this past week, we did see some reasons for e1optimism, verye1 cautious optimism. as of this morning, there haveo been more than half a millionñr confirmed cases of covid-19 in the united states and more than 20,000 deaths. both numbers sadly now lead the world. but the curve appears tows$(q flattening, as the pace of new cases has slowedñr and the ratef hospitalizations is down. all suggesting that eventually, the rate of deaths will alsolp slow. "the new york times" has a deeply reported story tha

ashley, thank you very much and kristen welker. as kristen was just mentioning, senator bernie sanders took himself out of the race, pretty much. although he is still resisting a full-throated endorsement of joe biden. last night he went on late-night tv, his first interview with colbert since ending his presidential run. sanders and colbert both speaking from their homes, stopping short of the full endorsement but also sanders expressing hope that he can still have some impact on the race. >> you know, it's no way a secret that joe biden's applications are different than mine. but i have known joe since i came to the senate in 2006, worked with him when he was vice president in the obama administration. and i would say to me is joe is a very decent human being. i know his wife jill, who is a wonderful person. and that i hope to be able to work with joe to move him in a more progressive election. i think joe is a good politician. and he understands in order to defeat the president, in order to defeat trump, he's going to have to br

kristen just zeroed in on exactly the point. he's saying, governors, it's up to you. he's backing off on i'm in charge. you're the ones who are going to do this, but he's not giving them the tools to know when they can open. >> you know, this is the challenge we've had from the beginning is this whole idea of global supply chains. remember when wuhan happened back in december, early january, the world had a need of reagents about the size of a garden hose. when it spread in china, it got to be a fire hose. then when the whole world got on fire and everybody wanted a test, suddenly we needed a canal of reagents and infrastructure, ability to remanufacturer, just weren't there. what we've seen has been a comprehensive program for how we're going to bring on that additional production quickly. same thing is going to happen with the serology, antibody tests you just said. mark my word, in five, six weeks we will have major shortages of trying to do that test because the reagents are going to be moved quickly since the whole world wants to do antibody tests too. this needs

>> yeah, hi, kristen.on't have anything new to add from what we heard from the briefing last night, but i think you're right it sparked some raised eyebrows, as you rightly said, and raised more questions. the frustration from governors has been very clear, and the president has tried and sought to play that down in these daily briefings. when we're questioning him about it. he's also made a point of saying that he wants to be thanked and that has created quite a bit of controversy as well. it was an interesting briefing on a few different levels. certainly jared kushner, as you mentioned, coming in and saying what he did about the national stockpile. and also saying this is the time voters should think about electing somebody who is a good crisis manager, making sort of a dig there at the governors who have been critical of his father-in-law and perhaps making sort of a hint that his administration, that his father-in-law's administration, was one that should continue in november, even though that was an

>> that's a great question, kristen. i think a lot of people in this area, i totally agree with governor newsom, we're not ready yet. we want to be ready so we don't have to enforce restrictions all of a sudden. like you said, we don't have enough testing capabilities, still, yet. people are working on that, for example, looking at alternative swabs. our colleagues in hong kong had published on using saliva as a way to get around swabs in the first place, so i'm kind of excited about that. the fda approved the saliva test yesterday, so maybe that will add to our options that we can rule o roll out into the community. >> all of that is promising, but would you say boots on the ground, the story here for real is still it's hard for people to get a test and there's not enough tests to go around at this point? >> we haven't set up community screening sensors yet. we have to have a reporting system in place. we want to do something good if we roll it out, not do something half-hearted. >> one more question for you, peter, bef

nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker.jon meacham, the author of hope of glory. yamiche alcindor for pbs newshour, and lahnee chen, a fellow at the hoover institution at stanford university. welcome all. i want to start with kristen welker, the president's reaction to the criticism, light criticism he's getting from fellow republicans about these news conferences -- the daily coronavirus news conferences. >> i think the president should open and turn to the medical experts. i don't know that all of the questioning back and forth adds as much as the opening statement. >> i don't think they need to be too long. i don't think he feels like he has to answer everything. >> and yet, on friday after all that criticism went public, the president said oh, yeah, watch me. and he went, i believe it was the longest coronavirus briefing yet. >> well, that's right, chuck. the president's been defiant on this point, despite the fact that he has been getting frankly criticism from aides and allies for weeks now that these briefings tend t

back with us now nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. the president made a couple of headlines. first of all, the airlines, a testing scheme, and criticism of the democrats coming back because the house physician said it was not safe. here in the district, infection rates are going up. he said they're enjoying their vacations. >> reporter: president trump not missing the chabs to take aim at democrats. the house deciding they'll not return to washington next week with the stay-at-home order in places through may 15th, president trump saying they want to be on vacation. house democrats citing safety as the reason they don't want to return. this comes after the president meeting with the republican governor of florida, a key republican ally in a swing state he wants to win, so not missing a chance of politics into what was dominated by the crisis of coronavirus. you're absolutely right, president trump saying he's going to sign an executive order later on today that will deal with liability problems in the food chain specifically the meat

well let's cross to kristen salumi who is in new york for us so kristen just explain to us exactly how has this hit the stock market. well essentially investors do not want to buy oil that there's no place to store and that's the issue right now demand has gotten so low for oil internationally because of the coronavirus people staying at home people not traveling people working at home but there's this glut out there and they were west texas crude is the benchmark used in the united states for oil prices and for the 1st time ever it's gone into negative territory and you say well how can you spend negatively to buy oil and there's some technical things going on here this is the price for the may contract and a lot of the declines can be attributed to technical reasons there and low trading volume that exacerbated the swings but even if you look to june the price per barrel is down around $20.00. $122.00 barrel dollars per barrel and that is still a huge plunge and a huge concern for oil manufacturers here in the united states who are struggling to survive in the midst of this competiti

new york state has announced some really bad news another 731 people have died there is going to kristen salumi who was listening in earlier as the the governor andrew cuomo gave his daily briefing what else did he think kristen. well that is the largest single day death toll in your career and now the number of coronavirus deaths in the city have actually surpassed those from the attacks of september 11th 2000 and why and that seminal event killed almost 3000 people most of them here in new york now 3200 people here in new york have died of the corona virus and yes the last 24 hour saw the largest one day total. but the governor did say that hospitalizations appear to be leveling off. that is the largest single day increase. and we talk about numbers but that 731 people who we lost behind every one of those numbers is an individual is a family is a mother's and father's a sister's a brother so a lot of pain. again today for many new yorkers and there are no thoughts and prayers. of course the question everyone here is asking is how long do we have to maintain these strict social distanc

great to see you and thank you kristen welker at the white house. >>> now nbc's keir simmons joins us from london with the latest on boris johnson's prime minister. and he is the equivalent of our secretary of state, and the foreign minister is a press briefing today. >> yes, the foreign minister is the man running this country while johnson is in the icu behind me there now. they didn't give us updates that are very different from what we heard through the morning, that boris johnson is stable, he is getting oxygen treatment, but that he is able to breathe without mechanical help, if you would like, he's in good spirits. but then andrea there was a moment in this briefing just in the past few minutes where he really gave us an insight into what it's like to be inside 10 downing street right now, to be inside the machinery of government. he said about boris johnson, he's not just the prime minister, he's not just our boss, he's a colleague and our friend. and if there's one thing clearly emotional at this point, he said if there's one thing i know about this prime minister, he's a fig

kristen welker, final point here. it's always sort of interpreting where the president's head is at. the decision to go after w.h.o., not attack china. the decision to walk back the governors hit today and at the same time talk optimistic about the economy. you cover this president very closely. what did you learn from those decisions by him today? >> well, look, he's been signaling that he was going to cut the new funding or halt it to the w.h.o. -- >> well, we went pretty well today. 2 1/2 hours where we didn't have any major transmission error. unfortunately i'll have to leave it there. i will for kristen welker, thank you. sorry about the technical hiccup. for the entire nbc and msnbc team that helps us with the briefings, thank you. ari melber, i'm handing it to you, my friend. the baton is yours. i'm out. >> appreciate it chuck todd. nbc's chuck todd. i'm ari melber. let me tell you what we're going to do. msnbc broadcast part of the white house coronavirus briefing. we have our experts lined up to go through it

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our kristen holmes is joining us.risten, you just heard a white house economic adviser there saying the coming months, in his words, look terrible, but that's not necessarily the tone coming from everyone in the trump administration. a lot of mixed messages coming out of the white house, even on this day. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. i mean, this was a much bleaker picture than we've seen before. and to be very clear, the surprise is not the numbers. we know that economists have privately been saying that the unemployment numbers could reach those levels. the surprise is that it's coming from a white house economic adviser. the messaging coming out of the white house has been really steady and very upbeat. we know president trump has said on multiple occasions that the economy's going to have a big bounce back. and even earlier today, treasury secretary steve mnuchin painted this much rosier picture. >> i think as we begin to reopen the economy in may and june, you're going to see the economy really bounce back in

and i think that all of usñ1 ha >> kristen welker, where has the president gotten it in his head thatthe president'se1 trashing the vote by mail because it's an important part of their get out the vote strategy. >> right, and a lot of swinge1 states have vote by mail, chuck. it's also to some extent hypocritical because he's voted by mail in florida. and so hei] was at the podium, though, lashing ou+gñ and tryin to make the casee1 that, look, we consider this seriously for a general election, thatxd ultimately, you would have cases ofi] voter fraud. but this is not unlike what we heard from him in the wake of 2016, so he's almost girding his supporters and his base for what could be become a key talking point if this is something that moves forward e1seriously, chuc. >> yamiche alcindor, on the issue of sanders dropping out, i want to put up a chart we noted of all the ways joe biden has shifted to the left, both in trying to appease elizabeth warren and trying to appease bernie sanders. he's done so lowering medicare eligibility age to 60. he's in favor of that, a sanders proposal. f

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kristen welker is at the white house. >> reporter: with the white house social distancing guidelines set to expire tomorrow, president trump says he is not planning to extend them. >> they will be fading out because the governors are doing it. >> reporter: doing enough testing continues to be a hurdle to reopening a new harvard study shows the country needs 5 million tests a day to reopen safely on tuesday, president trump told me administration would meet that benchmark. >> i heard you saying you're confident you can surpass 5 million tests per day. is that. >> we'll be there soon. >> reporter: the top official overseeing testing strategy told "time magazine" in an interview released late last night there is absolutely no way on earth on this planet or any other planet that we can do 20 million tests a day or even 5 million tests a day. today the president tried to walk back his comments from yesterday. >> i didn't say it i didn't say it, but somebody came out with a report saying 5 million. i think that was from the harvard report but we are going to be there at a certain point. we